![]() ![]() It’s a dark universe that Irmina exists in, even when she’s hopeful, and Yelin’s art also captures that. ![]() Yelin presents Irmina’s story with a casual visual poetry that depicts her surroundings and her position in that space as crucial reminders of her place in the world. The book concludes with a later-life Irmina facing ghosts from the past, including a manifestation of her own young potential The mundanity of her life stands in stark contrast to the period of destruction and genocide that it takes place in, following a period of half-heartedly accepting idealistic Nazi nationalism as a promise for a better future. It is not a happy existence, and yet Irmina is a survivor. Irmina has to deal with her own version in the form of constant quizzing about the state of Germany, the leadership of Hitler, and the judgmental responses when she expresses a passive neutrality while she attends to her own life.Įventually, Irmina returns to Germany with the intention of coming back to England, and we see how her life unfolds during the tumult of Nazi Germany. Naturally, she is unhappy with the often subtle, though often not, racism Howard faces from his school and fellow students. She is a foreigner, too, and can bond with that aspect of him and form a sweet friendship with undertones of romance. Irmina encounters England through Howard. ![]()
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