A Game for Swallows

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. New Read eBook A Game for Swallows By Zeina Abirached – kino-fada.fr Much like I Remember Beirut, this is a graphic novel memoir of Abirached s childhood during the civil war in Lebanon But it approaches the idea from a different perspective I Remember Beirut was a scattered, but effective, glimpse at a difficult life through details only A Game for Swallows is a single day in depth, which allows fo...graphic novel , , , graphic novel , , , 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, if she hasn t 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, if she hasn t yet, should write a nice thank you to Satrapi, as the art style seems almost lifted from Persepolis The artistic similarities, along with the narrative s perspective, makes the whole thing just feel a bit too familiar and not in an homage kinda way, but it in you re kinda lacking creativity kinda way Eeks As a person lacking creativity, as a non artist, perhaps I m being too hard, a bit too critical I get that Satrapi can t own the whole black and white gen...A Game for Swallows was my first foray into a graphic texts The subject matter seemed incongruous with the format, yet now that I ve experienced it, I can t imagine a better way of approaching it The artwork is sufficiently innocent, providing a stark contrast just as stark as the black and white pages to the wartime setting The author doesn t shy away from what is going on outside the apartment and never lets you forget what is happening, but just as the characters and I do mean character A Game for Swallows was my first foray into a graphic texts The subject matter seemed incongruous with the format, yet now that I ve experienced it, I can t imagine a better way of approaching it The artwork is sufficiently innocent, providing a stark contrast just as stark as the black and white pages to the wartime setting The author doesn t shy away from what is going on outside the apartment and never lets you forget what is happening, but just as ...So beautiful and sad.Zeina Abirached nasceu no L bano, em 1981 Viveu os primeiros dez anos da sua vida em Beirute, uma cidade debaixo de fogo, destru da por uma sangrenta guerra civil A Dan a das Andorinhas retrata uma noite na vida das fam lias que habitam um pr dio na zona este de Beirute, perto da linha divis ria da cidade de um lado, as tropas mu ulmanas, apoiadas pela S ria do outro, as mil cias crist s, apoiadas por Israel Com grande sensibilidade e humor, a autora evidencia o contraste entre a realidade Zeina Abirached nasceu no L bano, em 1981 Viveu os primeiros dez anos da sua vida em Beirute, uma cidade debaixo de fogo, destru da por uma sangrenta guerra civil A Dan a das Andorinhas retrata...The illustrations in this graphic novel are all in black and white, intense, no shades of gray, emphasizing the gravity of the situation a handful of people in an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, find themselves in as they wait for the snipers to stop shooting Zeina and her little brother wait for their parents to return fro...Agora que comecei a descobrir a novela gr fica, acho que corro s rios riscos de me viciar neste g 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war that are appropriate for kids This graphic novel does a good job at showing exactly what living in a war torn country can be like.Ser poss vel falar deste livro sem ter Persepolis Marjane Satrapi como pano de fundo Sim, possivelmente Para maiores conhecedores deste universo novela gr fica que eu, seguramente Mas a verdade que est parceria favorece Ambos Onde Persepolis amplo, pol tico, abrangente e de longo alcance, este jogo das andorinhas minimalista, ntimo e subtil Duas faces necessariamente complementares de uma tem tica semelhante,numa geografia cont gua.Prefiro o primeiro Mas tamb m gostei muito d Ser poss vel falar deste livro sem ter Persepolis Marjane Satrapi como pano de fundo Sim, possivelmente Para maiores conhecedores deste universo novela gr fica que eu, seguramente Mas a verdade que est parceria favorece Ambos Onde Persepolis amplo, pol tico, abrangente e de longo alca...

• English
• 06 December 2018
Zeina Abirached
• Hardcover
• 188 pages
• 0761385681
• Zeina Abirached
• A Game for Swallows