Grass

GRASS

• Publishing Company:

  NOOL AND NOOL BD

• Imprint:

• Format:

  ONE SHOT

• Creator(s):

  GENDRY KIM KEUM SUK

• Number of Pages:

• Cover price:

  € 25.00

• Publication Date:

• Age:

  ADULT

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  FICTION

• Key words:

  KOREA, MANGA, HISTORY,

• Summary:

  Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Lee Ok-sun who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War – a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history.

  Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows the lead up to World War II from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories.