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The Contract With God Trilogy: Life On Dropsie Avenue (A Contract With God, A Life Force, Dropsie Avenue)
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Published Quietly In 1978, Will Eisner'S Revolutionary Literary Work A Contract With God Marked The Invention Of The Modern Graphic Novel, Took On A Life Of Its Own, And Inspired A Generation Of Sequential Artists. Will Eisner (19172005) Saw Himself As A Graphic Witness Reporting On Life, Death, Heartbreak, And The Neverending Struggle To Prevail. The Publication Of A Contract With God When Eisner Was Sixtyone Proved To Be A Watershed Moment Both For Him And For Comic Literature. It Marked The Birth Of The Modern Graphic Novel And The Beginning Of An Era When Serious Cartoonists Could Be Liberated From Their Stultifying Comicbook Format.More Than A Quartercentury After The Initial Publication Of A Contract With God, And In The Last Few Months Of His Life, Eisner Chose To Combine The Three Fictional Works He Had Set On Dropsie Avenue, The Mythical Street Of His Youth In Depressionera New York City.As The Dramas Unfold In A Contract With God, The First Book In This New Trilogy, It Is At 55 Dropsie Avenue Where Frimme Hersh, The Pious Jew, First Loses His Beloved Daughter, Then Breaks His Contract With His Maker, And Ends Up As A Slumlord; It Is On Dropsie Avenue Where A Street Singer, Befriended By An Aging Diva, Is So Beholden To The Bottle That He Fails To Grasp His Chance For Stardom; And It Is There That A Scheming Little Girl Named Rosie Poisons A Depraved Supers Dog Before Doing In The Super As Well.In The Second Book, A Life Force, Declared By R. Crumb To Be A Masterpiece, Eisner Recreates Himself In His Protagonist, Jacob Shtarkah, Whose Existential Search Reflected Eisners Own Lifelong Struggle. Chronicling Not Only The Crash Of 1929 And The Great Depression But Also The Rise Of Nazism And The Spread Of Leftwing Politics, Eisner Combined The Miniaturist Sensibility Of Henry Roth With The Grand Social Themes Of Novelists Such As Dos Passos And Steinbeck.Finally, In Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, Eisner Graphically Traces The Social Trajectory Of This Mythic Avenue Over Four Centuries, Creating A Sweeping Panorama Of The City And Its Waves Of New Residentsthe Dutch, English, Irish, Jews, African Americans, And Puerto Ricanswhose Faces Changed Yet Whose Lives Presented An Unending Story Of Life, Death, And Resurrection.The Contract With God Trilogy Is A Mesmerizing, Fictional Chronicle Of A Universal American Experience And Eisner' Most Poignant And Enduring Literary Legacy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of The Contract with God Trilogy? A: The main theme of The Contract with God Trilogy revolves around the struggles of life, death, and the pursuit of meaning, reflecting the experiences of individuals living in a Depression-era community.
- Q: Who is the author of The Contract with God Trilogy? A: The author of The Contract with God Trilogy is Will Eisner, a pioneering figure in the graphic novel genre.
- Q: How many pages are in The Contract with God Trilogy? A: The Contract with God Trilogy contains 528 pages.
- Q: What is the publication date of this book? A: The Contract with God Trilogy was published on December 17, 2005.
- Q: What kind of binding does this book have? A: This edition of The Contract with God Trilogy is bound in hardcover.
- Q: Is The Contract with God Trilogy suitable for all ages? A: The Contract with God Trilogy is primarily aimed at adult readers due to its themes and complex narrative.
- Q: What is the significance of A Contract With God in comic literature? A: A Contract With God is significant as it is considered the work that invented the modern graphic novel, blending literary storytelling with visual art.
- Q: What are the three works included in The Contract with God Trilogy? A: The three works included in The Contract with God Trilogy are A Contract With God, A Life Force, and Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood.
- Q: What historical events does A Life Force cover? A: A Life Force covers significant historical events such as the Crash of 1929, the Great Depression, and the rise of Nazism.
- Q: Is this book part of a series, or can it be read independently? A: While The Contract with God Trilogy consists of interconnected stories, each book can be read independently.