Riad Sattouf continues his graphic memoir of growing up between France and the Middle East. In this third volume, covering 1985 to 1987, he is a young boy in a Syrian village, living with his Breton mother and his Syrian father, a pan-Arab nationalist who has taken a teaching job. Riad describes school, relatives, and the economic hardships of life under Hafez al-Assad's regime, along with the tension in his parents' marriage. The drawings are simple and the colors are limited, and the humor sits alongside real fear.
It suits readers of graphic memoirs and anyone interested in modern Syria seen through a child's eyes. Because the volumes follow each other, it is best for those who have read the earlier books.
Inward-looking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Allary Éditions
- ISBN
- 9782370730947
- Language
- FR
