Marzi by Marzena Sowa,Sylvain Savoia

By Marzena Sowa,Sylvain Savoia

"I am Marzi, born in 1979, ten years ahead of the tip of communism in Poland. My father works at a manufacturing unit, my mom at a dairy. Social difficulties are at their peak. Empty shops are our day-by-day bread. i am fearful of spiders, and the realm of adults does not look like a stroll within the park." advised from a tender girl's viewpoint, Marzena Sowa's memoir of a early life formed through politics feels remarkably clean and rapid. based as a sequence of vignettes that construct on each other, MARZI is a compelling and robust coming-of-age tale that portrays the tough realities of lifestyles at the back of the Iron Curtain whereas retaining the typical wonders and interest of formative years. With open and interesting artwork via Sylvain Savoia, MARZI is a relocating and resonant tale of a regular woman in turbulent, altering times.

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