Irmina
Yelin, Barbara, 1977-2023
Book
In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first Black students at Oxford, who, like lrmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to lrmina that prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. In the award-winning /RM/NA, Barbara Yelin presents a troubling drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away.
Main title:
Irmina / Barbara Yelin ; afterword by Alexander Korb ; translated from German by Michael Waaler.
Author:
Yelin, Barbara, 1977-, author, artistWaaler, Michael, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : SelfMadeHero, 2023.
Collation:
285 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.This translation originally published: 2016.
ISBN:
9781914224133 (pbk)
Dewey class:
741.5
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
3409739