During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army entered and seized
the Chinese capital after the bombs fell and shook the walls of Nanjing. In Ethan Young’s Nanjing: The Burning City
two abandoned soldiers are trapped and desperate to find a way out of the city before
they are discovered by Japanese soldiers.
In Young’s wartime nightmare the soldier Lu and The Captain
are on a mission to simply survive but when they witness atrocities done to the
people that they refuse to help a sense of honor and duty becomes more
important to them than just simply surviving.
The characters go tremendous turmoil and tragedy as they think they get
closer to freedom and an escape of Nanjing that crumbs around them.
Young’s black and white art focuses on visuals to move the
story forward and it is truly a remarkable feat. War has never looked so harrowing as it does
in Young’s story. This is a great graphic
novel for readers who love these type of stories about characters trying to overcome
unspeakable odds and human tragedy.
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