The Property by Rutu Modan6/30/2023 ![]() Plenty has been undisclosed over the years, and in the course of a few days much unravels. ![]() We learn quickly his presence on the flight was no coincidence, and that he has ulterior motives for much of what he does, although this is a family story, not a crime drama where motivation is kept secret. The other person is a family cousin who just happened to be on the same flight, and has a particularly over-protective and interfering nature. She’s used to her grandmother’s eccentricities, and confident enough to travel alone around Warsaw without speaking Polish, although as seen from the sample illustration that’s not how things work out. Regina is only the first of a wonderful parade of characters Modan introduces, each of them fully realised, but The Property isn’t really her story, as Mica gradually assumes the focus. To Mica this is random strange behaviour, but Regina has spotted a name in the Warsaw telephone directory. She’s accompanied by her adult granddaughter Mica on a trip to Warsaw, ostensibly to negotiate the return of family property lost during the Nazi invasion of World War II, but Regina has other ideas, and immediately changes her mind. ![]() It’s a comic scene, yet also establishes just what a stubborn woman Regina is. Rutu Modan instantly engages audience sympathies in The Property by featuring the curse of the 21 st century traveller being unable to take a bottle of water through airport security. ![]()
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