Replay

Memoir of an Uprooted Family

Jordan Mechner

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FIRST SECOND
25 June 2024

Biography: general; Graphic novels: literary & memoirs; Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; History; Graphic Novel

In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife.

1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World War I.

1938. A seven-year-old refugee begins a desperate odyssey through France, struggling to outrun the rapidly expanding Nazi regime and reunite with his family on the other side of the Atlantic.

2015. The creator of a world-famous video game franchise weighs the costs of uprooting his family and moving to France as the cracks in his marriage begin to grow.

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner calls on the voices of his father and grandfather to weave a powerful story about the enduring challenge of holding a family together in the face of an ever-changing world.

By: Jordan Mechner
Imprint: FIRST SECOND
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781250873750
ISBN 10: 1250873754
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jordan Mechner is an author, graphic novelist, game designer, and screenwriter. He created the video game Prince of Persia in 1989, rebooted it with Ubisoft in 2003, and wrote the first screenplay for Disney's 2010 film adaptation, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. His other games include Karateka and The Last Express. In 2017, he received the Pioneer Award from the International Game Developers Association. Jordan's graphic novels as writer include the New York Times bestseller Templar (from First Second, with LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland), Monte Cristo (Mario Alberti), and Liberty (Etienne LeRoux). Replay is his first book as writer/artist.

Reviews for Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

"""[A] vibrant, poignant book."" --NPR Book Reviews ""Every work by the polymath video game designer Jordan Mechner is essentially about rewinding time, so perhaps it's unsurprising that Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family braids together so many time periods so adroitly."" --New York Times ""[For] those interested in video game development, and readers looking for a new take on WWII sagas."" -SLJ ""This is a timely memoir that will appeal to fans of both Maus and Box Brown's reality-based comics."" -Booklist ""Incredibly evocative... A powerful emotional experience."" --Neil Druckmann, The Last of Us"