{"product_id":"grass","title":"Kim Keum Suk Gendry: Grass [2019] paperback","description":"Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history.  Beginning in Lee s childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk.  Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee s memories.  Cartoonist Gendry-Kim s interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful non-fiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee s wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.","brand":"Gendry, Kim Keum Suk","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44684074320162,"sku":"9781770463622","price":28.15,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/gendry-kim-keum-suk-grass-9781770463622-40879459664162.jpg?v=1678992451","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/grass","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}