Lynd Ward - Vertigo (A Novel In Woodcuts)

Dover Publications, 2009 (Originally published in 1937)

Written and Illustrated by Lynd Ward

In this moving graphic novel without words, one of the finest artists of the 20th century uses 230 intricately detailed woodcuts to tell a dramatic tale of the Great Depression. A young girl who longs to be an accomplished violinist and a boy who hopes to become a builder find their dreams shattered by desperate economic times.
 
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