Aya (Aya #1-3)

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Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African It s essential reading Joann Sfar, cartoonist ofThe Rabbi s Cat Ivory Coast, 1978 It s a golden time, and the nation, too an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa seems fueled by something wondrous Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet s youth in Yop City It is the story of the studious and clear sighted nineteen year old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors It s a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City Cl ment Oubrerie s warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet s vibrant writing This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in Abouet s Yop City, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One Drawn Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series as yet unpublished in English in Book Two Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angoul me International Comics Festival, the Children s Africana Book Award, and the Glyph Award was nominated for the Quill Award, the YALSA s Great Graphic Novels list, and the Eisner Award and was included on best of lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. Free Read [ Aya (Aya #1-3) ] By [ Marguerite Abouet ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I read the introduction uncomfortably Abidjan in the period when Aya s story is set is painted as a bright exception among African cities, and the reason given for its blossoming seems to be French influence There s even a remark along the lines of women were Western influenced and emancipated There s another section in the book about finding the universal in the novel s context, which is also uncomfortable Supposedly Aya, by being about the every day lives of young middle class wome...To sam htjela pokazati u Ayi Afriku bez ratova i gladi, Afriku koja istrajava usprkos svemu jer, kako mi ka emo, ivot ide daljeMarguerite AbouetOvaj citat krasi po etak opisa ovog stripa, a na samim koricama je pisalo i ne to u stilu da emo u stripu upoznati Afriku kakvu nismo vidjeli do sada To me je zainteresiralo Ipak, strip je samo obi na teen sapunica sa papirnatim likovima, prepuna kli eja i sa pri om koja se mogla odigravati bilo gdje Mislio sam da e Marguerite Abouet pru itTo sam htjela pokazati u Ayi Afriku bez ratova i gladi, Afriku koja istrajava usprkos svemu jer, kako mi ka emo, ivot ide daljeMarguerite AbouetOvaj citat krasi po etak opisa ovog stripa, a na samim koricama je pisalo i ne to u stilu da emo u stripu upoznati Afriku kakvu nismo vidjeli do sada To me je zainteresiralo Ipak, strip je samo obi na teen sapunica sa papirnatim likovima, prepuna kli eja i sa pri om koja se mogla odigravati bilo gdje Mislio sam da e Marguerite Abouet pru iti nekakav uvid i pokazati pravu Afriku iznutra jer je ro ena u Abidjanu, u zapadnoj Africi No, kako vidim u njezinoj biografiji, ona se ve sa 12 godina odselila u Pariz i tek je mnogo godina kasnije dobila ideju za pisanje Aye, prema pri ama svoje obitelji i sje anjima iz djetinjstva Na alost tako strip i izgleda, kao prepri ani tra evi o par djevojaka koje su odrastale u malom mjestu Aya mi se nije svidjela ni kao laka teen komedija, jer mi za t... Aya can pretty much be summed up with the two page interview with the author from the afterword In it, the interviewer who acknowledges their bias, after the fact is insistent that Abouet admit that there s a political undercurrent to her work It goes pretty much like this INTERVIEWER Okay, so this is a cute book or whatever But it s also AFRICA So it s all about poverty and racism and oppression, right ABOUET Well I dunno I think it s mostly just a story.I Okay, but all the men cheat Aya can pretty much be summed up with the two page interview with the author from the afterword In it, the interviewer who acknowledges their bias, after the fact is insistent that Abouet admit that there s a political undercurrent to her work It goes pretty much like this INTERVIEWER Okay, so this is a cute book or whatever But it s also AFRICA So it s all about poverty and racism and oppression, right ABOUET Well I dunno I think it s mostly just a story.I Okay, but all the men cheat on all the women So, gender inequality Also probably AIDS Because AFRICA A Eh, maybe But like, all the women win in the end So not really.I Yeah, but like this is from a golden moment in Ivory Coast s past So it s also about impending horror AFRICA A I kinda think that s racist I actually think it s still a nice place to live.I Um ok.And I get Abouet s point, but I also kind of thin...One of my favorite young adult soap opera comics Girls sneaking out of the house to go dancing, boys drinking a littlethan they should, parents at their wits end, so much drama And poor Aya, all she wants to do is study and become a doctor, not get dragged into her friends misadventures Abouet s childhood memories of the Ivory Coast in the 1970s were the inspiration, but she s a strong storyteller who s built...Bullet Review Totally not what I typically read but it grew on me At the end of the day, it was a delightfully fun read.i wanted to read this graphic from an entirely different source C te d Ivoire though in fact it is also set in France, is translated from French, is illustrated for French readers and the truth is, it is very French that is slice of life, ordinary people, ordinary world, recognizable familial and romantic travails no superheroes, no fantastic, no existential weirdness, no horror soap opera in some sense but it addresses certain events from an African perspectiveshould one really expec i wanted to read this graphic from an entirely different source C te d Ivoire though in fact it is also set in France, is translated from French, is illustrated for French readers and the truth is, it is very French that is slice of life, ordinary people, ordinary world, recognizable familial and romantic travails no superhero...Sehr sch ne Graphic Novel, die das Leben von Jugendlichen in Yop City Elfenbeink ste in den sp ten 1970ern erz hlt Ich k nnte jetzt viel dar ber erz hlen, was das Buch alles zum Gl ck nicht macht, aber viel wichtiger ist eigentlich, dass es eine gute Geschichte mit sch nen B...I really liked the setting for this one Ivory Coast in the 70s I enjoy reading about other countries and cultures, and this was a neat format for it The art was good, but the story was a little too much of a soap opera for me, with not very many characters I liked I ...Fun graphic novel following the lives and loves of three young women in Cote D Ivoire Loved this soap opera like look at family life in 1980s Africa Aya, in particular, is a great character and could readandabout her lifeI ve read Love in Yop City before I never reviewed it, so I ll be re reading it for that and my thoughts haven t really changed as interesting as I find it, as much as I enjoy reading about other cultures and appreciate the communal spirit evident in Abouet s book, Yop City in the late 1970s is not somewhere I d want to live as a woman Controlling, abusive husbands who run around on their wives, verbal abuse everywhere, physical abuse between friends, homophobia alright, I m white I unde I ve read Love in Yop City before I never reviewed it, so I ll be re reading it for that and my thoughts haven t really changed as interesting as I find it, as much as I enjoy reading about other cultures and appreciate the communal spirit evident in Abouet s book, Yop City in the late 1970s is not somewhere I d want to live as a woman C...

Aya (Aya #1-3)
  • English
  • 05 July 2018
  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • 1770460829
  • Marguerite Abouet
  • Aya (Aya #1-3)