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The librarian of Auschwitz / based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe ; adapted by Salva Rubio ; translated by Žekulin Thwaites ; illustrated by Loreto Aroca.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250842992
- ISBN: 1250842999
- ISBN: 9781250842985
- ISBN: 1250842980
- Physical Description: 120 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2023
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in Spain by Editorial Planeta in 2022. Based on the novel. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Spanish. |
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| Genre: | Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) Historical comics. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Skagit Library | ITU | 1016188 | Graphic Novel | Available | - |
Antonio Iturbe lives in Spain, where he is both a novelist and a journalist. He is the author of The Prince of the Skies and The Librarian of Auschwitz, for which he interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz.
Salva Rubio is a Spanish author and historian. His credits include the graphic novels Monet: Itinerant of Light and The Photographer of Mauthausen.
Loreto Aroca is a Spanish artist and a graduate of the University of Castilla-La Mancha. She previously won the schoolâs Luna de Aire Award, honoring the best poetry aimed at children, for her and Fran Pintaderaâs book Portrait of the Pinzón Family (Retrato de la familia Pinzón).
Lilit Žekulin Thwaites is an award-winning Melbourne-based literary translator (Spanish>English). Her book-length translations include the bestselling The Librarian of Auschwitz (Antonio Iturbe, 2017), Australian Connection (multiple authors, 2019), and two futuristic novels by Rosa Montero, Tears in Rain (2012), and Weight of the Heart. (2016). In 2016, she was awarded Spainâs Order of Civil Merit for her promotion of Spanish culture in Australia.