CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 1/29/2018

Photobook greatness in 'Anouck Durand: Eternal Friendship'

One of the more poetic and complex books on our list this past year, Anouck Durand’s collaged photo-novel, Eternal Friendship, recounts the story of a Muslim boy who is influenced by a Jewish photographer whom his family sheltered after the Nazis invaded Albania. Spanning decades and traversing Israel and China, the book is about lifelong connection, art, censorship, persecution, liberation, and the passage of time. It has been excerpted by the Paris Review, LitHub and the Brooklyn Rail; reviewed by BOMB, PhotoEye, and others; and named one of Teju Cole's Best Photo Books of 2017 for the 'New York Times Magazine.'