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Mourir Partir Revenir. Le Jeu Des Hirondelles (2007)

by Zeina Abirached(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

2916589031 (ISBN13: 9782916589039)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Cambourakis

review 1: This was my first time reading a graphic novel. Since I enjoy reading and analyzing written work more than graphic work, I feel like this book went by too fast for me. The graphics were absolutely beautiful though, and many times kinda funny too. The book is about the experiences of a young Christian girl during the Lebanese Civil War. I wish there was more historical detail about the war. Nevertheless, it was still a good read!
review 2: This memoir of a childhood in war-torn Beirut focuses on a specific moment from the author's childhood that is both mundane and extraordinary. The author awaits the return of her parents from a visit to family a few short blocks away, yet being in the thick of the Lebanese civil war fills such moments with tension and dread, a... mores an increasing number of friends, neighbors and family members assemble in the author's foyer to take shelter from the fighting and account for each other. It struck me as what one might expect from a collaboration between the visual style of Marjane Satrapi and the indelible character-building talents of Wes Anderson, albeit with a severe tonal shift toward the serious. less

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