Riad Sattouf Libri

VOLUME 3 IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES. The highly anticipated continuation of Riad Sattouf's internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.

Cartoonist Riad Sattouf tells of the first years of his childhood as his family shuttles back and forth between France and the Middle East. In Libya and Syria, young Riad is exposed to the dismal reality of a life where food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and his cousins, virulently anti-Semitic and convinced he is Jewish because of his blond hair, lurk around every corner waiting to beat him up. In volume 2, Riad, now settled in his fathers hometown of Horms, gets to go to school, where he dedicates himself to becoming a true Syrian in the country of the dictator Hafez Al-Assad. Told simply yet with devastating effect, Riads story takes in the sweep of politics, religion, and poverty, but is steered by acutely observed small moments: the daily sadism of his schoolteacher, the lure of the black market, with its menu of shame and subsistence, and the obsequiousness of his father in the company of those close to the regime. As family strains to fit in, on chilling, barbaric act drives the Sattoufs to make the most dramatic of changes. Darkly funny and piercingly direct. The Arab of the Future, Volume 2 once again reveals the inner workings of a tormented country and a tormented family, delivered through Riad Saffoufs dazzlingly original talent

Young Riad is now a teenager and the tension between his two cultures - French and Syrian - fuling gis parents' conflict reaches a breaking point. Riad's father, Abdel-Razak, leaves to ork in Saudi Arabia and, after making the pilgrimage to Mecca, turns toward religion; Riad, in France, turns instead to his new discoveries - grils and Tom Cruise. Clementine, Riad's mother, is finally happy, back in a country where women have rights... Until Abdel-Razak shows up, leading the family on yet another journey, one that culminates in an act of unfathomable pain.

Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend’s daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about school, her friends, her hopes, dreams and fears, and then he works it up into a comic strip.This book consists of 52 of those strips, telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp, spirited and funny child. The result is a moving, insightful and utterly addictive glimpse into the real lives of children growing up in today’s world.

Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend’s daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about school, her friends, her hopes, dreams and fears, and then he works it up into a comic strip.This book consists of 52 of those strips, telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp, spirited and hilarious child. The result is a moving, insightful and utterly addictive glimpse into the real lives of children growing up in today’s world.

From the author of The Arab of the Future, the first book in a bestselling series of graphic novels following the life of a real girl growing up in Paris - hilarious, tearjerking and painfully true.

Riad Sattouf continúa desgranando su aguda y desternillante autobiografía en este nuevo volumen de El árabe del futuro, una de las series más celebradas del último lustro a nivel internacional, traducida a veintidós idiomas. A través de los ojos del niño que fue, Sattouf nos relata sus vivencias en Libia, Siria, el Líbano y Francia, al tiempo que ofrece un retablo impagable del Oriente Próximo de la época y su relación con Occidente. En este nuevo volumen, más extenso, oscuro e íntimo que los anteriores, el autor bucea en el período comprendido entre 1987 y 1992, la época en la que se convierte en adolescente y en la que su familia sufre una grave crisis: su padre se va a trabajar a Arabia Saudí y se abraza con más fervor a la religión, mientras que su madre regresa a la Bretaña francesa con sus hijos y le resulta cada vez más difícil soportar el giro hacia el fanatismo religioso de su marido. Y, justo en ese momento, la familia al completo debe volver a Siria.

Šestý a závěrečný díl autorovy komiksové bibliografie zastihuje protagonistu a vypravěče Rijáda na prahu dospělosti. Budoucí úspěšný kreslíř si ve francouzském provinčním městě Rennes a později v Paříži klestí cestu k profesionální kariéře, hledá vlastní umělecký výraz a současně se snaží zbavit strachů, komplexů a traumat, které ho tíží už od dětství a od puberty, prožitých mezi Evropou a Sýrií. Nakonec zjistí, že chce-li minulost přerůst a skutečně dospět, bude se přece jen muset vyrovnat s problematickou postavou svého syrského otce, jehož stín ho neustále pronásleduje. Zbytek Rijádovy rodiny se mezitím musí srovnávat se životem bez nejmladšího syna, uneseného do Sýrie, i s postupným stárnutím a umíráním starší generace. Završení úspěšné série je opět plné humoru, pronikavých sociálních postřehů i existenciálně silných momentů – a také konečně na pozadí krvavé občanské války v Sýrii dává odpověď na to, jak těžké může být posbírat dohromady rodinu roztrženou mezi dvěma kontinenty a kulturami.

La 4e de couverture indique : "Ce livre raconte l'histoire vraie d'un adolescent plus du tout blond, de sa famille franco-syrienne et d'un fantôme"

Ce livre raconte l'histoire vraie d'un adolescent de moins en moins blond, de sa famille franco-syrienne et du coup d'État de son père. [Source : 4e de couverture]