{"product_id":"unterzakhn-hardcover","title":"Unterzakhn - Hardcover","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\u003eLeela Corman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A haunting and often heartbreaking look at Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century [and] also a story about women, power, and bodies.\" --\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor six-year-old Esther and Fanya, the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side circa 1910 are both a fascinating playground and a place where life's lessons are learned quickly and often cruelly. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that street life, \u003ci\u003eUnterzakhn\u003c\/i\u003e (Yiddish for \"Underthings\") tells the story of these sisters: as wide-eyed little girls absorbing the sights and sounds of a neighborhood of struggling immigrants; as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world (Esther working for a woman who runs both a burlesque theater and a whorehouse, Fanya for an obstetrician who also performs illegal abortions); and, finally, as adults battling for their own piece of the \"golden land,\" where the difference between just barely surviving and triumphantly succeeding involves, for each of them, painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEELA\u003cb\u003e CORMAN\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated books on subjects ranging from urban gardening to the history of the skirt, and her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on WNET\/Thirteen, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Phoenix, Lilith, Bust, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTikkun.\u003c\/i\u003e She studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at Massachusetts College of Art. Leela is also a professional belly dancer. Her radio show, \"Ecstacy to Frenzy\" airs weekly on GROWRadio. She lives in Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47209180528889,"sku":"9780805242591","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/G_uK-DuOP89780805242591.webp?v=1768062494","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unterzakhn-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}