**2016 REUBEN AWARD WINNER - BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL!
**
After the bombs fell and shook the walls of Nanjing, the Imperial
Japanese Army entered and seized the Chinese capital. Through the dust
of the demolished buildings, screams echo off the rubble. Two abandoned
Chinese soldiers are trapped and desperately outnumbered inside the
walled city. What they'll encounter will haunt them. But in the face of
horror, they'll learn that resistance and bravery cannot be destroyed by
the enemy.
Ethan Young (Tails) delves into World War II's forgotten tragedy, the
devastating Japanese invasion of Nanjing, and tells a heart-wrenching
tale of war, loss, and defiance. Beautifully illustrated in black and
white.
In Nanjing, cartoonist Ethan Young tells an intimate story against an
epic landscape. Bold, heart-breaking, and gorgeously rendered.
*--*Eisner and Printz Award-winner Gene Luen Yang (Boxers & Saints,
American Born Chinese)
Young's decision not to glorify violence or titillate the reader in any
way avoids a common pitfall and heightens the drama. This is stunning,
stirring historical fiction by a creator at the height of his craft.
(Starred review) --Publishers Weekly
Young's is just one chapter in an overwhelmingly grievous episode of the
20th century. The specifics might be fictional amidst a historical
backdrop, but in creating names, depicting individual faces both living
and dead, Young conjures a haunting microcosm amidst a horrifying event
of epic proportions. --Smithsonian APAC Bookdragon
A rugged black and white style ... a little Kubert, a little Tardi.
--The Beat
Nanjing: The Burning City deserves a spot alongside not only historical
comics, but wartime prose and non-fiction as well. It's not often that
an author can so skillfully evoke powerful emotion while telling a
complex and long-forgotten story and this book is an excellent,
necessary addition to the genre. --The A.V. Club
Haunting and powerful, Nanjing is a moving tribute to an event which
needs to be remembered, as much as we'd like to forget it. --Eisner and
Harvey Award-winning author Derek Kirk Kim (Same Difference, Tune)
Young's expressive, thoughtful line work takes full advantage of comics'
power. Nanjing reads effortlessly while begging the eyes to savor each
page. A triumph at the very soul of the medium, a perfect marriage of
Toth and Tatsumi. --Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Nate Powell
(March, Swallow Me Whole)
