Which, given the klezmer revival and the "post-vernacular" popularity of klezmer all over the place, is entirely appropriate. But reading Sfar, I get a sense less of ignorance, than of re-imagining. In fact, there were times when I could see and read echoes of other graphic novels of the last ten or twenty years. But, where reading the shtetl scenes in All things will be illuminated makes one think of hobbits and utter cluelessness, Sfar's post-modern klezmer musicians are weirdly real, despite the fact that it is clear that this is not a novel to be consulted for historical accuracy.
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