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With a preface by Will Eisner.Paracuellos is a work of great courage,created at a time when telling the truth about Spain's political past could getone killed. It is arguably the most important graphic memoir ever created incomics. Carlos Gimenez's autobiographical account of the plightof children in post-World War II Fascist Spain has won virtually every comicsaward in Europe, including "Best Album" at the 1981 Angouleme Festival,and the "Heritage Award" at Angouleme in 2010.In the late 1930swhen Spanish fascists led by Franco, and aided by Hitler and Mussolini,overthrew the elected government, almost 200,000 men and women fell in battle,were executed, or died in prison. Their orphaned children-and othersripped from the homes of the defeated-were shuttled from Church-run "home"to "home" and fed a steady diet of torture and disinformation by a totalitarianstate bent on making them "productive" citizens. Carlos Gimenezwas one of those children. In 1975, after Franco's death, Carlos began to tellhis story. Breaking the code of silence proved to be a milestone, both for thecomics medium and for a country coming to terms with its past.Anillustrated essay by Carmen Moreno-Nuno, Associate Professor of HispanicStudies at the University of Kentucky, places the comics in historicalperspective."The stories transcend just being about a historical momentin Spain. Their humanity will speak to everyone. The stories are heartbreakers,but Carlos never loses his sense of humor."-WilliamStout
