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A contract with God : [graphic novel] and other tenement stories.
TITLE:
A contract with God : [graphic novel] and other tenement stories.
Publication Date:
1978
Contents:
Contract with God -- Street singer -- Super -- Cookalein.
Summary:
Meet ... Frimme Hersh who has a contract with God, only God has violated the terms. Eddie, the street singer, who meets a failed opera soprano one drunken day. Scuggs, the brutal super, who is seduced into a mortal struggle. Beautiful Goldie, who seeks riches in the country. And Willie, who learns a wide-eyed lesson about sex and violence. Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, is an outstanding innovator in the field of narrative art. In this ground-breaking graphic novel, he recalls tenement life in 1930s New York. Eisner powerfully presents four dramas in a unique format that transcends anything that has come before.
Language:
English