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Findakly, Brigitte.
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Findakly, Brigitte -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- History -- 1958-1979 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Findakly, Brigitte.
Findakly, Brigitte -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- History -- 1958-1979 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Poppies of Iraq / cowritten by Brigitte Findakly & Lewis Trondheim ; drawn by Lewis Trondheim ; colored by Brigitte Findakly ; translated by Helge Dascher.
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Findakly, Brigitte.
Drawn & Quarterly, 2017.
Call #:
956
.7044
F494p
Subjects
Findakly, Brigitte -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Iraq -- History -- 1958-1979 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9781770462939 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Coquelicots d'Irak. English.
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Coquelicots d'Irak.
Summary:
"Brigitte Findakly's nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein's state control, and her family's history as Orthodox Christians in the Arab world. Intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one's homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged. Signs of an oppressive regime permeate a seemingly normal life: magazines arrive edited by customs; the color red is banned after the execution of General Kassim; Baathist militiamen are publicly hanged and school kids are bussed past them to bear witness. As conditions in Mosul worsen over her childhood, Brigitte's father is always hopeful that life in Iraq will return to being secular and prosperous. The family eventually feels compelled to move to Paris, however, where Brigitte finds herself not quite belonging to either culture. Trondheim brings to life Findakly's memories to create a poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile. Co-writer and colourist Brigitte Findakly was born in Mosul, Iraq, in 1959 and lived there until 1973. Cartoonist Lewis Trondheim was born in Fontainebleau, France in 1964. They have two children and live in the south of France"--Provided by publisher.
Audience:
Ages 10 to Adult. Kirkus Reviews.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic non-fiction.
Other authors:
Trondheim, Lewis.
Dascher, Helge, 1965-
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