Through both protagonists’ eyes, readers are treated to a complex story of culture, identity, faith and love. Such a serious topic together with the author’s creativity, talent and effort put into researching results in a very appealing sort of read: both entertaining and educational. Four-Girl/Vibiana is not necessarily convinced that the colonisation and missionary work of the foreigners in China is the best thing for her country but she is also lonely and finds with the foreigners a community and even love. Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers & Saints is a unique look at a significant event in the history of China - The Boxer Rebellion - as it is seen from two opposing camps. Saints concentrates on the life of Four-Girl/Vibiana, a character to whom we are introduced in Boxers and from whose viewpoint we see another side of the Boxer Rebellion. Boxers details the life of Lee Bao, a young man who is determined to rid his country of foreign influence. What is engrossing about this graphic novel diptychthe newest work from Gene Luen Yang of American-Born Chinese fameis how intertwined the stories are, literally and thematically. American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his clear-eyed storytelling and trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion and lays bare the foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.īoxers & Saints keeps alive a tradition of literature that has been known to us for centuries: the tragedy. Tags: graphic novel fantasy historical culture war religionīoxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel in two volumes – the parallel stories of two young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift.
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