A life force ( used)

In A life force. Will Eisner examines the lives and dreams, hopes and fears of characters enduring and surviving the depression of the 1930's. then the rise of Hitler's Germany casts its long shadow on these residents of a Bronx tenement. Will Eisner has worked in the comics medium for over 50 years.  His previously published novels and stories include "A contract with god" and "The dreamer" , both of which explore life in pre World War 2 America