April 12, 2024
Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang 1913 Boxed Set 9781596439245
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Yang (American Born Chinese) employs parallel story lines to represent two opposing Chinese experiences during the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century. In Boxers : Raised in an impoverished rural village, Little Bao and his older brothers embark on a crusade to save China from Christian missionaries and other "foreign devils" who are perceived to be the cause of their country's woes. What begins as a righteous march to the capital, bolstered by Little Bao's recurring visions of a pantheon of Chinese gods, quickly escalates in violence and rhetoric. By the time Little Bao and his amassed army, dubbed the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist, reach the occupied city of Peking, morale is strained and the line between right and wrong has blurred. Yang doesn't shy from the ensuing bloodshed (beheadings are not uncommon), yet moments of lightheartedness and potential romance humanize the combatants, even as their campaigns take on zealous dimensions. Yang artwork and story telling are sober and accessible, and his character-driven approach brings compassion to a complex historical clash. This is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First Second has ever published. It offers a penetrating insight into not only one of the most controversial episodes of modern Chinese history, but into the very core of our human nature.
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