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The Times of Israel: Rutu Modan graphic novel ‘The Property’ reaches the big screen

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Graphic novelist Rutu Modan’s award-winning book, “The Property,” now adapted as a film directed by her sister, actor Dana Modan, will reach Israeli movie theaters this December. The book, which won ...

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The Washington Post: SHELFIES: Revisiting Rutu Modan’s new Eisner winner: Post-Holocaust longings in ‘The Property’

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SHELFIES: Revisiting Rutu Modan’s new Eisner winner: Post-Holocaust longings in ‘The Property’

In Israel — a country almost entirely bereft of homegrown graphic novels — Rutu Modan is a one-woman industry. Her new book, “The Property,” published in both Hebrew and English, follows Mica, a young ...

Los Angeles Times: Rutu Modan’s graphic novel ‘The Property’ journeys through the past

A curious double — or is it triple? — vision marks Rutu Modan’s graphic novel “The Property” (Drawn & Quarterly, 222 pages, $24.95), which involves a grandmother and a granddaughter on a journey ...

The past takes many forms in Rutu Modan’s graphic novel “The Property.” There is Regina, an elderly woman returning to Poland from Israel for the first time in over 60 years; overzealous re-enactors ...

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Rutu Modan’s recently released graphic novel, “The Property,” is the latest in a long line of works using the medium to express the Jewish experience. In 1978, Will Eisner began popularizing the ...

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The Times of Israel: In 1st-ever film made by sisters, Dana and Rutu Modan bring family story to silver screen

It took 14 years for the Modan sisters to make “The Property,” but working together on the film was always the primary goal, said director Dana Modan. “There have been brothers who have made movies ...