Hardcover
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2017 by Harry N. Abrams (Abrams Comicarts).
I liked the story and, for the most part, the pace of the adaptation. Not super into the art style but it's fine. The ending is cut short though, and doesn't fully explain a part of the epilogue...
Disturbing in a good way I guess.
The blurb said the book is a sci-fi graphic novel, I would say it is a moving tale on the cruelty to black people with vivid imagery.
The things that people do. Many wise people had told this in various forms, "It is impossible to hate someone when you know their full story". There is one thing to hurt another with an intention of hurting. But god! the things that we do in the name of love. People end up killing their children, selling their children, raping each other, and whatnot, all in the name of love. When we get to know their full story like everyone else they too have a story that had shaped them that way.
This thought is scary. Knowing that I am also a human does not seem good when we see this aspect of human beings. But …
Disturbing in a good way I guess.
The blurb said the book is a sci-fi graphic novel, I would say it is a moving tale on the cruelty to black people with vivid imagery.
The things that people do. Many wise people had told this in various forms, "It is impossible to hate someone when you know their full story". There is one thing to hurt another with an intention of hurting. But god! the things that we do in the name of love. People end up killing their children, selling their children, raping each other, and whatnot, all in the name of love. When we get to know their full story like everyone else they too have a story that had shaped them that way.
This thought is scary. Knowing that I am also a human does not seem good when we see this aspect of human beings. But then the world has also witnessed men and women of great kindness, courage, and honor. It is the wolf that we choose, isn't it?
I’ve been meaning to read Octavia Butler’s Kindred for years, so when I saw that it had just been adapted as a graphic novel I jumped at the opportunity to finally read it while continuing to feed my insatiable appetite for comics. Mind you, I’m not trying to claim that reading this version should serve as a substitute for reading the novel itself. However I do think that illustrating Butler’s story makes it all the more gut-wrenching. Kindred is the tale of a modern African-American woman’s repeated experience of being suddenly transported from her home in 1970s California back to the antebellum South. It’s a very powerful story of courageous survival, both that of Dana, a modern woman forced to adapt to life as a black person in the era of American slavery, as well as the people of the period, whose lives become intimately intertwined with Dana’s. By following …
I’ve been meaning to read Octavia Butler’s Kindred for years, so when I saw that it had just been adapted as a graphic novel I jumped at the opportunity to finally read it while continuing to feed my insatiable appetite for comics. Mind you, I’m not trying to claim that reading this version should serve as a substitute for reading the novel itself. However I do think that illustrating Butler’s story makes it all the more gut-wrenching. Kindred is the tale of a modern African-American woman’s repeated experience of being suddenly transported from her home in 1970s California back to the antebellum South. It’s a very powerful story of courageous survival, both that of Dana, a modern woman forced to adapt to life as a black person in the era of American slavery, as well as the people of the period, whose lives become intimately intertwined with Dana’s. By following Dana through her repeated and increasingly long and dangerous visits to an antebellum plantation in Maryland we form an emotional connection with her that serves to help modern day humans better comprehend the myriad horrors of slavery as well as the strength of those who endured and overcame it. It’s dark fantasy with a vital purpose and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
