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From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Originally published in 1991 as part of a short-lived revival of the Classics Illustrated line, this adaptation of Sinclair’s muckraking socialist novel succeeds because of its powerful images. When Kuper initially drew it, he was already a well-known left-wing comics artist. His unenviable task is condensing a 400-page novel into a mere 48 pages, and, inevitably, much of the narrative drama is lost. Kuper replaces it, however, with unmatched pictorial drama. The story follows Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkis and his family as they are eaten up and spit out by capitalism (represented by Chicago’s packing houses). Kuper uses an innovative full-color stencil technique with the immediacy of graffiti to give Sinclair’s story new life. When Jurgis is jailed for beating the rich rapist Connor, a series of panels suffused with a dull, red glow draw readers closer and closer to Jurgis’s face, until they see that the glint in his eye is fire. Jurgis, briefly prosperous as a strong-arm man for the Democratic machine, smokes a cigar; the smoke forms an image of his dead son and evicted family. Perhaps most visually dazzling is the cubist riot as strikers battle police amid escaping cattle. Kuper infuses this 1906 novel with the energy of 1980s-era street art and with his own profoundly original graphic innovation, making it a classic in its own right.
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From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up–In 1906, Sinclair published The Jungle, a realistic and scathing portrayal of the life of an immigrant worker. Kuper’s revised adaptation focuses solely on its hero, Jurgis Rudkus. Readers follow him from his emigration from Lithuania to downtown Chicago, eager to find the American Dream he’s heard so much about. But the harsh world of Chi-town quickly shatters his hopes; forced to take a job at a slaughterhouse, he performs the most menial and vile tasks. An injury pushes him to unemployment and, unable to provide for them, he leaves his family in shame. Rudkus transforms from a starry-eyed dreamer into a cynical but valiant man who fights for workers’ rights. Kuper’s artwork effectively mimics some of the major art movements of the day. The book opens in a Chagall-inflected form of cubism, lending a folksy, dreamy, and hopeful quality to the early pages. Then, the visuals become increIDgly jagged and frenetic until they reach the Futurist-inspired panels that illustrate the story’s climax. Well-plotted and beautifully illustrated, Kuper’s adaptation breathes new life into this classic American story.–Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: B&N ClassicsMass Market Paperback: 448 pagesPublisher: Barnes & Noble Classics (April 1, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1593080085ISBN-13: 978-1593080082 Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.1 x 6.8 inches Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #625,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13498 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics
Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" is one of the handful of books throughout all of history, perhaps, that have encapsulated the crying voices of the oppressed. While many readers and politicians at the time of its publication (and since) have focused on the intolerable conditions in which American food products were produced, the major thrust in "The Jungle" is not in regards to the ill-treatment of our food; it is in regards to the ill-treatment of our workers.

The repeated sufferings of Jurgis and his family are akin to an overwhelming symphony of sorrowful songs. As his family is driven deeper into debt, his body worn down, and his life’s zeal and love slowly strangled, Jurgis’ desperation becomes palpable, and if you can’t sympathize with his feelings at the loss of his family’s home–a structure they worked so hard for–check your pulse. You might be dead.

The book contains some of the most horrific depictions in all of literature, including a mercifully oblique reference to a child’s death by being eaten alive by rats. Although the novel focuses on Jurgis primarily, it is the children–the laboring little people–who elicit the most sympathy in this reader’s view. Struggling to support their family, escaping extremely dangerous situations (one little girl is nearly dragged into an alley and raped), sleeping on the street, and begging desperately for food–the appalling conditions being visited upon children as described in "The Jungle" still have the power to arouse strong anger and outrage, over a century after its initial publication.

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