false 535578 4 <div><div>Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man,Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father&#8217;s death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father&#8217;s life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.<br><br><i>Exit Wounds </i>is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel&#8217;s best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children&#8217;s Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.</div></div> 2779127 book 12 6 2007 Exit Wounds total:561|5:76|4:230|3:202|2:44|1:9| 561 2003 746 134 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 08:23:30 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 08:43:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:27:51 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 11:52:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 16:56:26 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 13 14:56:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 13:41:02 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 13:41:02 -0700 2007 "Do you think that every time we meet a person we should treat it like it was the last time we were ever going to see them?"

This Israeli author tells the story of Koby, a self-involved taxi driver in Tel Aviv who is approached by a female soldier regarding his father - a man sh...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 20 13:03:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 13:04:23 -0700 2009 4 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 15:26:03 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 15:29:45 -0700 2007
The art is fantastic. I like how it vaguely references the violence happening in the country without being about that. Uses the aftermath of war and loss as a way starting point for what is more of a personal romance narrative.
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But, the story itself was okay. I liked the idea of a woman who so strongly believed in love that she was willing to imagine the craziest scenarios ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 14:00:57 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 14:07:39 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 20:39:02 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:47:47 -0800 2009
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Exit Wounds is the story of a boy, Koby, who is trying to find out whether his father Gabriel, was killed in a suicide bombing in Ramada. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:44:17 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 10:00:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:36:38 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:39:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 12:05:17 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 12:05:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 03 12:55:52 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 12:56:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 23:27:29 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 23:45:46 -0700 2008 What I found most compelling about Exit Wounds wasn't the plot (a taxi driver tries to figure out what happened to his no-good father) or the central relationship (between the driver and a ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 06:44:11 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:57:35 -0700 2008
For the first couple of chapters of Exit Wounds, I wasn't terribly sure about it. Interesting story, yeah, but nothing that really jumped off the page. More fool me; Rutu Modan was just setting things up. The full scope of her deviousnes...more...]]>