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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Graphic Novel
Eisner, Will. A Contract with God. New York, DC Comics, 1978. Print. ISBN: 1-56389-674-5 Paperback, $12.95
Book Awards
The Contract With God is credited with launching the popularity of graphic novels as a literary form.
Annotation
Four short stories set in the 1930’s in a tenement in the Bronx telling about the lives of people in the tenement entitled “A Contract with God”, “The Street Singer”, “The Super”, and “Cookalein”. Portrayed and written through graphic form, this graphic novel is the first of its kind and tells the honesty of the unique characters perfectly through the black ink drawings. Recommended.
Book Talk
Frimme Hersh is a very religious man who practices the Jewish faith. He lives in the Bronx of New York City. [ Open the book to display the first couple of pages displaying the descriptive pictures of the tenement] Frimme Hershe is faced with a tragic incident, the death of his daughter Rachele, that causes him to question his very own faith. [ Display page 7] Learn how Frimme Hersh made a contract with God and how it was broken, and of other distinctive characters in the tenement such as the Singer and the Super. A Contract with God contains intricately drawn black ink pictures that honestly portray the lives of the tenement and paint graphic images for the reader.
A trailer for a short film based off of 'The Super"......
Four short stories set in the 1930’s in a tenement in the Bronx telling about the lives of people in the tenement entitled “A Contract with God”, “The Street Singer”, “The Super”, and “Cookalein”. Portrayed and written through graphic form, this graphic novel is the first of its kind and tells the honesty of the unique characters perfectly through the black ink drawings. Recommended. 
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