Replay

By Jordan Mechner

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels

Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family is a 2024 graphic memoir by Jordan Mechner, the game designer who created Karateka and Prince of Persia. It weaves together three generations of his family's story across the twentieth century. Mechner traces his family's flight from Nazi-era Europe and their new life in America, alongside his own career in video games and film. The book reflects on exile, memory, and how family history echoes from one generation to the next.

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• Patrick Collison: “Read Replay, by @jmechner, this weekend. It's great.”