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Cargando... Me acuerdo: Beirutpor Zeinia Abirached (Writer and artist)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Lovely, mostly black, pictures illustrate this quietly intense book of childhood in war-torn Beirut. I really appreciated how her vivid memories were of both casually normal routines and also of frightening or fun experiences: returning RC bottles, her brother's shrapnel collections, her haircuts... I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached is a graphic novel style memoir about growing up in Beirut during the fighting between Muslims and Christians. Though her block wasn't in the contested area, it was close enough to make life difficult and sometimes dangerous. Rather than focusing on the danger and destruction, Abirached hones in on the mundanity of childhood. She talks about hair cuts, and paper folding, and favorite songs. The scenes of her curly hair vs the overly conservative barber are hilarious. The fighting is there too, of course. It comes in the form of memories of the ever moving bus stop, the trips to the coast to avoid the worst of the fighting, the repeatedly broken windshield on the car, and her brother's interest in collecting shrapnel. Recommended for readers who enjoy the works of Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis, Chicken with Plums, etc.). sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I enjoy Abirached's simple black-and-white illustrations. I especially like her letter O's, with dots in the middle; the curlicue hair she drew on herself, the macaroni-shaped hair she gave to her brother, and the interesting mustaches; and her illustration of Florence Griffith Joyner's Olympic nails.
There were a few references I didn't get, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, because it spurred me to look them up and learn even more.
Note: I received a digital copy of this book through NetGalley. ( )