In 1938 , Italian-American Giacomo Patri ( 1898 – 1978 ) produced his only wordless novel , the linocut '' White Collar '' . It chronicles the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash and was intended to motivate white-collar workers to unionize . It also deals with controversial topics such as abortion , accessibility of health care for the poor , and loss of Christian faith . From 1948 to 1951 , Canadian Laurence Hyde ( 1914 – 1987 ) produced his single wordless novel , the woodcut '' Southern Cross '' , in response to the American atomic tests in the Bikini Atoll . The work tells of an American evacuation of an island for nuclear tests , where one family is left behind . Polish-American Si Lewen 's ( 1918 – ) first book , '' The Parade : A Story in 55 Drawings '' ( 1957 ) , won praise from Albert Einstein for its anti-war message . Canadian George Kuthan 's '' Aphrodite 's Cup '' ( 1964 ) is an erotic book drawn in an ancient Greek style . In the early 21st century , Canadian George Walker made wordless woodcut novels , beginning with '' Book of Hours '' ( 2010 ) , about the lives of those in the World Trade Center complex just before the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Wordless novel