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The Arab of the Future 3

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Volume 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 - A Graphic Memoir

by Riad Sattouf
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/11/2018
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Volume 3 in the bestselling series.

The highly anticipated continuation of Riad Sattouf's internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.

Volume 3 in the unforgettable story of an extraordinary childhood

After having followed her husband to Libya and then to Syria, Riad's mother can't take any more of village life in Ter Maaleh: she wants to go back to France. Young Riad sees his father torn between his wife's aspirations and the weight of family traditions...

The Arab of the Future tells the story of Riad Sattouf's childhood in the Middle East. The first volume covers the period from 1978 to 1984: from birth to the age of six, little Riad is shuttled between Libya, Brittany and Syria. The second volume tells the story of his first year of school in Syria (1984-1985). This third volume sees him between the ages of six and nine, the time he becomes aware of the society he is growing up in.

Can you celebrate Christmas in Ter Maaleh? Were there video clubs in Homs? How do children of eight fast for Ramadan? Was Conan the Barbarian circumcised? Were Breton villagers kinder to their animals than their Syrian counterparts? How far will Riad go to please his father? And how far will his father go to become an important man in the Syria of Hafez Al-Assad?

Translated by Sam Taylor.

ISBN:
9781473638280
9781473638280
Category:
Middle Eastern history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-11-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
234x162x18mm
Weight:
0.52kg

"I tore through two volumes of The Arab of the Future... The most enjoyable graphic novel I've read in a while"
Zadie Smith

"This is a masterpiece that deserves the widest readership. The Arab Of The Future reminds us that, in talented hands, graphic novels are capable of carrying the weightiest themes, making us think, and touching our hearts while also keeping us hugely entertained. Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time"
Alain De Botton

"The Arab of the Future is wonderfully observed, funny, grim, sharp and sad. Riad Sattouf, with his ear for anecdote, his nimble drawing and his understanding of human frailty, has created a masterpiece."
Posy Simmonds

"I joyously recommend this book to you. You will be moved, entertained and edified. Often simultaneously"
Mark Haddon

"Irresistible... Exceptionally good art."
New York Times

"Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the story captures wonderfully the disorientating effect of growing up between Arab and European cultures. Sattouf has a fine eye for the details and characters of his childhood in Syria, where the possibility of sudden violence was ever present"
New Statesman

Riad Sattouf

Riad Sattouf is a bestselling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in Syria and Libya and now lives in Paris.

The author of four comics series in France and a former contributor to the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, Sattouf is now a weekly columnist for l'Obs. He also directed the films The French Kissers (winner of a Cesar Award for Best First Film) and Jacky in the Women's Kingdom.

The Arab of the Future - which was awarded the Fauve d'Or Prize for Best Album of the Year at the Angouleme International Comics Festival and has been translated into twenty languages - is his first work to appear in English.

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Great series, i read the 4 books 1 after the other, can't wait to have the number 5 and 6

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