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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1997)Published 1 Jan 1997Art Spiegelman's conversations with his father place a Holocaust survivor's account beside the difficult relationship through which it is being recorded. The drawings make the act of listening part of the story, including its friction and omissions. Choose the complete edition here to read both…0 - 2
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir (2017)Published 1 Jan 2017Thi Bui draws her family's flight from Vietnam alongside her own experience of becoming a parent. Moving between generations lets her reconsider decisions that once seemed distant or baffling. The muted colours and intimate domestic scenes make this a strong starting point for how displacement…0 - 3
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (2018)Published 1 Jan 2018Nora Krug investigates her German family's history under Nazism through drawings, photographs, documents and collected objects. The gaps in the evidence matter as much as what she uncovers. Read it for an uncomfortable inquiry into inherited responsibility, rather than a comforting story of…0 - 4
They Called Us Enemy (2019)Published 1 Jan 2019George Takei recalls his childhood incarceration with his family in the United States during the Second World War. Harmony Becker's drawings, with a script by Takei, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott, contrast a child's understanding with decisions adults are forced to make. Its clearest thread is…0 - 5
Fatherland (2014)Published 1 Jan 2014Nina Bunjevac follows family memories into the history of Yugoslavia and her father's violent nationalism in exile. Dense, carefully shaded drawings give photographs and recollections a disturbing stillness. It belongs here for the way political violence enters intimate relationships and leaves…0 - 6
The Waiting (2021)Published 1 Jan 2021Keum Suk Gendry-Kim follows a daughter confronting her mother's memories of separation during the Korean War. Janet Hong's English translation carries a story in which waiting becomes a family condition, rather than a pause before an assured reunion. Pick it for the cost of a divided country…0
