![]() ![]() The stories that play out between those two bookends sway from the romantic to the apocalyptic and back again, and the intricate linework and oft-mind-blowing layouts are incomparable. ![]() A modern classic."-The Guardian Best Books of 2018 "Berlin reads like not just a masterwork but also a life's work."-The Washington Post, 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2018 ""Recommend" isn't a strong enough verb for conveying how badly you need to read Berlin. This landmark collection returns this story to us now when we need examples of how to stay human to each other in the face of a politics that turns friends into enemies-a newly necessary book."-Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night "Lutes covers the cabaret scene, the struggles of the press and riots as the Nazis rise, and lives that seemed full of possibility are twisted by the grasping arms of the state. "With its rich sense of time and place, nuanced portrayal of individual destinies, precisely rendered imagery, and poetic expression of themes, Jason Lutes's Berlin is truly a masterful narrative."-Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow "A watershed achievement-Berlin charted new territory for the graphic novel and comics at the same time, at once a story about artists trying to make art during the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and a bildungsroman of the first order. ![]()
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