{"product_id":"prisoner-155-simon-radowitzky-paperback","title":"Prisoner 155: Simón Radowitzky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAgustín Comotto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuart Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLuigi Celentano\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of Sim n Radowitzky (1891-1956), a gentle soul caught up in a cruel world. The author\/illustrator is an Argentinian living in Spain where the book was first published in 2016. Radowitzky appears in a few books (recently \u003cem\u003eThe Anarchist Expropriators\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRebellion in Patagonia\u003c\/em\u003e--both from AK Press), but this is the first English-language book devoted solely to him. His tumultuous life begins with his immigration from Ukraine to Argentina, followed by his assassination of Colonel Falcon (who presided over the slaughter of 100 workers) in 1909. Banished to a penal colony, he escaped, was recaptured and tortured, serving a total of twenty years. Upon release he joined the Spanish Revolution, after which he decamped for Mexico, where he died in 1956 while employed at a toy factory. Stuart Christie, author of \u003cem\u003eGranny Made Me an Anarchist\u003c\/em\u003e, introduces the AK Press edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"While Radowitzky's story has been told ... it has never been told in quite the way Agust n Comotto tells it. Through a series of flashbacks  \u003cem\u003ePrisoner 155\u003c\/em\u003e] examines the agonies and survival of an exceptional individual.\" --\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Comotto's \u003cem\u003ePrisoner 155\u003c\/em\u003e is, in my view, a truly great work, comparable to Art Spiegelman's \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e and Marjane Satrapi's \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e, rich with complexity and ambiguity, and whose shy and sensitive central character, a committed humanist imbued with a deep sense of justice who never expressed regret for the two lives he took, remains an enigma. He was one of countless men and women, the salt of the earth, most of them anonymous, who chose to resist against an unjust, class-ridden society in the hope of building a better world for humanity.\" --Stuart Christie, from the foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgustín Comotto is a researcher and artist based in Barcelona. Stuart Christie is the author of \u003ci\u003eGranny Made Me an Anarchist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe the Anarchists! A Study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927-1937\u003c\/i\u003e. Luigi Celentano is a translator, writer, and editor based in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.9 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47209814360313,"sku":"9781849353021","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c2g2SVR1SWtaMWsvYnJyenAwOTZkQT09.webp?v=1768066650","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/prisoner-155-simon-radowitzky-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}