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In Exit Wounds, a tall young woman named Numi ropes a befuddled taxi driver Koby into investigating whether or not his father was the unidentified victim in a bus station bombing. Rather than focusing on the reason behind these bombings, the story looks instead at complicated family life and intimate relationships across classes in Tel Aviv. The gregarious personalities felt both realistic and like caricatures. Frequent humorous moments add some sweetness to what could come across as a very depr
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Loved the simple graphical representation in this, the greyed out backgrounds. Story is an interesting companion to Sacco's Palestine, very different experiences of place. Haven't quite figured out the representation of women in it yet.
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Jun 23, 2009
Madeleine
marked it as tbr-longlist
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Erica Renée
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