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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.
About the Author
New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, and video game designer Jordan Mechner has created games including Prince of Persia, Karateka, and The Last Express. He became the first game-creator-turned-screenwriter to adapt his own work as a major motion picture with "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010) .
Mechner's original graphic novel Templar is published by First Second. He has also published two volumes of his game development journals from the 1980s, The Making of Karateka and Prince of Persia. His film "Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story" won the 2003 IDA award for Best Short Documentary.
Mechner was born in New York and received his B.A. from Yale University.
