A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return

Abirached, Zeina

ISBN 10: 157505941X / ISBN 13: 9781575059419

Edité par Graphic Universe â„¢, 2012

N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000211599

Synopsis :

A Game for Swallows When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and her little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the Full description

À propos de l?auteur: Zeina Abirached was born in Beirut in the middle of the civil war. She studied graphic arts in Lebanon but moved to Paris in 2004, where she attended the National School of Decorative Arts. In 2006, she published her first two graphic novels with publisher Cambourakis, Beyrouth-Catharsis and 38, Rue Youssef Semaani. Her short animated film Mouton was nominated during the fifth international film festival in Tehran. A Game For Swallows (Graphic Universe, 2012) has won numerous awards, including being named an ALA Notable Children's Book and a YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens. Je Me Souviens Beyrouth (I Remember Beirut), the follow-up to A Game For Swallows, was published in French by Cambourakis in 2008.

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Titre : A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To ...
Éditeur : Graphic Universe â ¢
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : paperback
Illustrateur : Abirached, Zeina
Etat : Good