The Arab of the future
Subtitle: a childhood in the Middle East 1978-1984 : a graphic memoir
By: Riad Sattouf ; translated by Sam Taylor
Contributors: Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781627793445
Subjects: Cartoonists; Childhood and youth; Biography; Comic books, strips
Other titles: Arab of the Future one; Graphic memoir : a childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984; Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984; Arabe du futur
Description: "In striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi's Libya, and Assad's Syria--but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation. Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents; his mother, a bookish French student, is as modest as his father is flamboyant. Venturing first to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs, Syria, they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner. And hold they do, though food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and with locks banned, the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment. The ultimate outsider, Riad, with his flowing blond hair, is called the ultimate insult... Jewish. And in no time at all, his father has come up with yet another grand plan, moving from building a new people to building his own great palace."-- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Translated from the French.  "Originally published in France in 2014" -- From title page verso.