Red Rosa : A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
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An "utterly brilliant" graphic novel biography of the dramatic life and death of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (Guardian).
" . . . a tour de force . . . a straightforward and intellectually honest introduction to [Luxumburg's] politics and theoretical contributions." --Los Angeles Review of Books A giant of the political left, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost minds in the canon of revolutionary socialist thought. But she was much more than just a thinker. She made herself heard in a world inimical to the voices of strong-willed women. She overcame physical infirmity and the prejudice she faced as a Jew to become an active revolutionary whose philosophy enriched every corner of an incredibly productive and creative life--her many friendships, her sexual intimacies, and her love of science, nature and art. Always opposed to World War I, when others on the German left were swept up on a tide of nationalism, she was imprisoned and murdered in 1919 fighting for a revolution she knew to be doomed. In this beautifully drawn work of graphic biography, writer and artist Kate Evans has opened up her subject's intellectual world to a new audience, grounding Luxemburg's ideas in the realities of an inspirational and deeply affecting life.
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- ISBN-13: 9781784780999
- ISBN-10: 1784780995
- Publisher: Verso
- Publish Date: November 2015
- Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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