Luna

Luna (2021) is a graphic novel by artist and illustrator Anat Martkovich, developed in collaboration with artist and illustrator Haithem Haddad.

The novel follows two days in the life of a family, and at its center is a dramatic event that drastically affects the lives of the family members. The story develops in a non-linear and fantastic fashion, and attempts to present the impossible reality of violence within and outside the home within Israel\Palestine.

The book is comprised of detailed black-and-white illustrations, with very little text accompanying them. The little text alternates between different languages: Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Hebrew sign language, depicting a complex and multilayered urban existence. The story is open to the reader's interpretation, and though it is firmly set in a mundane everyday reality, it opens up and presents us with fantastic possibilities of existence.