Like all truly great stories, this one is a homecoming, and like all truly great homecomings, this one is metaphorical, a return to the self and what it means to be at peace with oneself, even when the world around is at loggerheads with itself. As he reluctantly joins her in the search, both Koby and Numi are forced to confront their pasts, their fears, and most of all, themselves. Koby, a cab driver in his thirties in Tel Aviv is sought out by Numi, a twenty-something female soldier serving her compulsory service in the Israeli Army, in order to identify the dead body of his estranged father, with whom Numi had been having an affair. With art reminiscent of Herge’s clear drawings as rendered in Tintin, Modan pulls off a deceptively simple story rich in strife, longing and childhood sorrows.
While such stories generally have a tendency to stray into the melodrama territory, Modan’s restraint is refreshing, her comic touches making an endearing story even more relatable and real. Set in contemporary Israel, Rutu Modan’s Exit Wounds is a beautiful take on relationships set against the backdrop of war-torn nation.
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