Coquelicots dIrak

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Lewis Trondheim et Brigitte Findakly forment en bande dessin e comme la ville un duo depuis de nombreuses ann es Si la bibliographie pl thorique de Lewis Trondheim n a plus de secret pour personne, celle de Brigitte Findakly, son pouse et coloriste, quoique toute aussi importante, reste pourtant moins connue De Pif Gadget, ses d buts, au Chat du Rabbin, des Formidables aventures de Lapinot au Retour la terre, on lui doit la mise en couleurs d une centaine d albums Avec ce livre quatre mains, pr publi en partie dans Les strips de la matinale du Monde, Lewis Trondheim d laisse pour la premi re fois les animaux anthropomorphis s pour raconter l histoire de celle qui partage sa vie, n e en Irak, d un p re irakien et d une m re fran aise l or e des ann es 1960 Coquelicots d Irak retrace son enfance pass e Mossoul, ville du nord de l Irak, une poque o , bien avant l arriv e au pouvoir de Saddam Hussein, se succ dent coups d tat et dictatures militaires D roulant le fil de ses souvenirs, on d couvre alors une vie de famille affect e par les aberrations de la dictature et leurs r percussions sur la vie quotidienne, jusqu un in luctable exil vers la France au d but des ann es 1970 Une arriv e en France elle aussi difficile, une exp rience migratoire faite de difficult s administratives, sociales et culturelles Dans ce r cit qui prend pour toile de fond une triste actualit , Lewis Trondheim et Brigitte Findakly brossent en sayn tes percutantes et sans ambages, mais pas moins sensibles pour autant, la trajectoire singuli re de la coloriste qui, pour la premi re fois, occupe le premier r le dans un livre Ponctu de photos et de parenth ses sur les coutumes, la culture irakienne et les souvenirs de l Irak de Brigitte Findakly, on partage avec elle la nostalgie de ceux qui ont laiss derri re eux leur pays d origine, et les liens fugaces qui subsistent, tout l image des coquelicots devenus si fragiles une fois d racin s. Free Read [ Coquelicots dIrak ] author [ Brigitte Findakly ] – kino-fada.fr Poppies of Iraq is a pretty good title for this book, it seems to me The anecdotes the author shares with us and which her artist husband Lewis Trondheim illustrates are loosely organized, roughly chronological, and is an attempt to highlight where possible the good memories of her growing up in Iraq Findakly s family summered in France, but as political circumstances worsened, they finally moved there The audience for this book would seem to be people who are curious about people who grew Poppies of Iraq is a pretty good title for this book, it seems to me The anecdotes the author shares with us and which her artist husband Lewis Trondheim illustrates are loosely organized, roughly chronological, and is an attempt to highlight where possible the good memories of her growing up in Iraq Findakly s family summered in France, but as political circumstances worsened, they finally moved there The audience for this book would seem to be people who are curious about people who grew up there and left as opposed to those who stayed , those who opposed some of theextremist government religious policies Findakly, while an emerging feminist, is not an intellectual, she is not particularly politically oriented nor were her parents This is not Riad Sattouf s Arab of the Future or Marjane Satrapi s Persepolis, two works that might beg comparison, elaborate and highly detailed narratives and politically sensitive stories of the move f...This graphic memoir shares 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 It should have worked, as it s not often that we get such a close up look into the lives of people only seen as a problem or collateral damage here in the Western news It didn t work because it felt too disjointed in the telling, and while there were some really illuminating ane This graphic memoir shares 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 It should have worked, as it s not often that we get such a close up look into the lives of people only seen as a problem or collateral damage here in the Western news It didn t work becaus...Brigitte Findakly does a good job of expressing how it felt to live in a place while it was under chaos Sometimes the story was disjointed, perhaps because the timeline was jumpy.Brigitte Findakly was born in Iraq, in 1959 Her mother was French, her father Iraqi Her family lived in Iraq until 1973, when they moved to France Poppies of Iraq is a series of autobiographical scenes from her life It jumps around in time a bit, giving the book something of a disjointed feel On the whole, the book is pleasant enough Even when horrible things happen, Brigitte s childhood perspective and Lewis Trondheim s clear line style serve to blunt the tone considerably It s nice to g Brigitte Findakly was born in Iraq, in 1959 Her mother was French, her father Iraqi Her family lived in Iraq until 1973, when they moved to France Poppies of Iraq is a series of autobiographical scenes from her life It jumps around in time a bit, giving the book something of a disjointed feel On the whole, the book is pleasant enough Even when horrible things happen, Brigitte s childhood perspective and Lewis Trondheim s clear line style serve to blunt the tone considerably It s ni...this is a beautiful graphic memoir by Brigitte Findakly, illustrated by her husband Lewis trondheim It jumps around a lot in time and space and at first, I found it confusing and disorganized and almost put it down I m glad I didn t Gradually I got to know the characters and the tones and rhythms of the book and what I found was a story about a quirky family trying to survive and even thrive in a confusing and often violent and often beautiful world Findaky s family is Christian going back m this is a beautiful graphic memoir by Brigitte Findakly, illustrated by her husband Lewis trondheim It jumps around a lot in time and space and at first, I found it confusing and disorganized and almost put it down I m glad I didn t Gradually I got to know the characters and the tones and rhythms of the book and what I found was a story about a quirky family trying to survive and even thrive in a confusing and often violent and often beautiful world Findaky s family is Christian going back many generations in a largely Muslim Arab world Somehow, despite or because of their status as other , the family manages to remain safe in all the political turmoil and violence at least to some degree, by remaining quietly detached It might be said they avoided being political, but I m pretty sure there is no avoiding that they chose as their politics a kind of blending in with the woodwork they ...Did I learn a few things Yes But it jumped around a little too much However, that said, it was a super quick book.A lesser version of The Arab of the Future A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978 1984 A Graphic Memoir.This is the story of growing up in Iraq and subsequently the dispersal of a family over the years due to the turbulent and unstable position of the country The coloring of the story was vibrant and complimented the autobiographical nature of the story I found the sections about the customs and history of Iraq part of why the book was so great the reader isn t only getting the life story of an Iraqi born woman, they are learning the life story of a country and culture that is often negatively p This is the story of growing up in Iraq and subsequently the dispersal of a family over the years due to the turbulent and unstable position of the country The coloring of the story was vibrant and complimented the autobiographical nature of the story I found the sections about the customs and history of Iraq part of why the book...The vast majority of this graphic novel memoir worked for me The author was born in Iraq in 1959, her family spent summers in her mother s home country of France, and the family eventually moved to France in the late 1970s as Iraq became increasingly politically unstable.While most of the anecdotes are told in chronological order, some are told to introduce other people in Brigitte s life to help understand the conflict and her sense of frustration Her return visits to Iraq from the 1980s forw The vast majority of this graphic novel memoir worked for me The author was born in Iraq in 1959, her family spent summers in her mother s home country of France, and the family eventually moved to France in the late 1970s as Iraq became increasingly politically unstable.While most of the anecdotes are told in chronological order, some are told to introduce other people in Brigitte s life to help understand the conflict and her sense of frustration Her return visi...A graphic novel that tells the history of a woman s family in Iraq Her family is Christian in a region that is largely Muslim Findakly tracies the history of Iraq and her family s place in it The drawings are simply, but contain good details I enjoyed the story, but fou...Despite many good vignettes and anecdotes, this autobiography is too random and unstructured for me, skipping around through the upbringing of the co author in Iraq and France The intermittent inclusion of real family photos drove home the impression I had of sitting on the sofa in a stranger s house as she flips through pages of a family scrapbook telling occasionally humorous stories about a bunch of people I don t really know While it isn t painful, I m mostly going to nod politely until I Despite many good vignettes and anecdotes, this autobiography is too random and unstructured for me, skipping around through the upbringing of the co author in Iraq and France The intermittent inclusion of real family photos drove home the impression I had of sitting on the sofa in a stranger s house as she flips through pages of a family scrapbook telling occasionally humor...I ve read some of the lower rated reviews of this comic and I completely agree with the criticisms against it the stories are disjointed, the bw pictures interwoven throughout the work are too small, hard to see, and could have greatly benefited from being labelled , but I can t deny that I greatly enjoyed reading this quiet little book.Findakly s vignettes do feel a bit disjointed, but to me, they equated to something that was greater than the sum of its parts The stories are quiet and o I ve read some of the lower rated reviews of this comic and I completely agree with the criticisms against it the stories are disjointed, the bw pictures interwoven throughout the work are too small, hard to see, and could have greatly benefited from being labelled , but I can t deny that I greatly enjoyed reading this quiet little book.Findakly s vignettes do feel a bit disjointed, but to me, they equated to something that was greater than the sum of its parts The stories are quiet and only show a tiny part of a greater portrait of what it must ve been like to live in Iraq, but they were very illuminating to someone like me ...

Coquelicots dIrak
  • French
  • 06 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 108 pages
  • Brigitte Findakly
  • Coquelicots dIrak