Scan barcode
A review by bluestarfish
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg by Kate Evans
5.0
"I want to affect people like a clap of thunder, to inflame their minds not by speechifying but with the breadth of my vision, the strength of my conviction, and the power of my expression." Dr Rosa Luxemburg in one of her letters. This fictionalised graphic biography by Kate Evans lets her shine through. I knew very little about Dr Luxemburg so I learnt a lot, also about the end of the first world war in Germany...
Graphic novels offer such interesting opportunities and the art work here really works with the story (it's also great to read another graphic biography about an interesting woman with copious notes!). My favourite bit art/text wise is her letter when she's in prison about the blue skies and swallows. Beautiful! And I'm reliably informed that the conversation Rosa has with her brothers is a good summary of a fair amount of Das Kapital, so I can carry on meaning to read it some day for a bit longer:)
Graphic novels offer such interesting opportunities and the art work here really works with the story (it's also great to read another graphic biography about an interesting woman with copious notes!). My favourite bit art/text wise is her letter when she's in prison about the blue skies and swallows. Beautiful! And I'm reliably informed that the conversation Rosa has with her brothers is a good summary of a fair amount of Das Kapital, so I can carry on meaning to read it some day for a bit longer:)