Zeina Abirached
Hardcover | Pages: 188 pages Rating: 3.77 | 3169 Users | 442 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return |
| Author | : | Zeina Abirached |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 188 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2012 by Graphic Universe (Tm) (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. War |
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When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city and the bombing grows ever closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother where it's comfy and safe, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic day in the one place they hoped they would always be safe--home.Define Books In Pursuance Of A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
| Original Title: | Mourir partir revenir. le jeu des hirondelles |
| ISBN: | 0761385681 (ISBN13: 9780761385684) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Batchelder Award Nominee (2013) |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 3169 Users | 442 ReviewsWeigh Up Epithetical Books A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
Incredible book. A fantastic look at Lebanon as a place for war and a place for survival.I would give A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return 3 stars. This book takes place during the Lebanese war. Zeina's parents take a trip to her grandmother's while Zeina stays in a small apartment with all of her neighbors while they wait for her parents to return home. Readers learn the backstory of each neighbor introduced. I would recommend this book to people with large attention spans because after meeting all of the neighbors their names get mixed up. For me, all of the named were
Damn you, Sarah!But, it's pretty amazing that this revolved around one day and so many lives. I was glad for the update at the end.
"A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return" didn't do much for me. It tells the story of two children spending the night in their foyer while their parents are stuck just blocks away behind the east/west barricade. Neighbors stop by, some worrying ensues, we get a backstory or two, then the graphic novel ends.Let's talk about the elephant in the room: the artistic similarities here between this graphic novel and Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" graphic novels. Zeina Abirached owes a lot to
A Game for Swallows is a graphic memoir of life in Lebanon during their civil war in the '80's. Zeina and her family live in an apartment building that is situated right next to the dividing line. One night, Zeina's parents leave home to check on family members across town, risking their lives to pass through various security checkpoints and sniper territory. While the parents are out, the neighbors drop in to check on Zeina and her little brother. As time passes, more and more of the
It was ok. The book is a memoir about being a kid during the Lebanese civil war but, not a lot actually happens. I guess I have read quite a few graphic memoirs now and this one doesn't have a lot of substance or feeling? The illustrations are quite similar to Persepolis.
Economical and elegant; Abiracheds capacity to portray affinities and relationships made for a very moving reflection on the devastation that is war and loss.
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