“I thought, ‘How can you put these things together?'”.
In 1938, Franzi Mechner, at just seven years old, was separated from his parents while fleeing from Nazi-occupied Austria. Travelling with his aunt Lisa, he spent the next three years evading the Gestapo across Europe, before eventually reuniting with his family in 1941.
Flash forward to 2024, and we’re talking to his son Jordan Mechner over a video call one evening in March. Jordan is probably best known to our readers as the creator of video games like Prince of Persia, Karateka, and The Last Express, but is currently in the process of promoting a new graphic novel/memoir called Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“I thought, ‘How can you put these things together?'”.
In 1938, Franzi Mechner, at just seven years old, was separated from his parents while fleeing from Nazi-occupied Austria. Travelling with his aunt Lisa, he spent the next three years evading the Gestapo across Europe, before eventually reuniting with his family in 1941.
Flash forward to 2024, and we’re talking to his son Jordan Mechner over a video call one evening in March. Jordan is probably best known to our readers as the creator of video games like Prince of Persia, Karateka, and The Last Express, but is currently in the process of promoting a new graphic novel/memoir called Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
