Book cover for To Life: A Cartoonist's Journal in the Aftermath of October 7th by Joann Sfar

To Life

A Cartoonist's Journal in the Aftermath of October 7th

2026 Released
448 Pages
0-1 Hours
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23rd Street BooksISBN 9781250471406
Translated by Montana Kane

From the creator of The Rabbi’s Cat comes a deeply personal reflection on October 7 and its fallout.

Half journal and half journalism, To Life is an honest, thought-provoking, and intimate look at the future of Jewish people around the world. Through candid interviews with Jewish and Arab Israelis, comics luminary Joann Sfar explores the aftermath of October 7, 2023 with an urgent but non-ideological eye.

Artfully balancing humor and heartbreak, Sfar leans into contradiction to deliver a one-of-a-kind work that is charismatic, brilliant, and, above all, full of compassion. Bracing himself against the rising passions and deepening divides that threaten to overwhelm us, he instead embraces nuance, a belief in our common humanity, and the basic premise that both Israelis and Palestinians have a right to life.

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Montana Kane

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Montana Kane is the Will Eisner-award-winning translator of over 385 French-language comics and graphic novels. She has been speaking French since she was five years old and grew up reading every French comic book she could get her hands on. Montana is also the author of the Brandy Martini, PI mystery thrillers set at the top of the Colorado Rockies, as well as an upcoming spin-off series set in the world of French diplomacy titled The Attaché Mystery Series.

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