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Translated from the French. |
| Summary |
In the fourth volume of The Arab of the Future, little Riad has grown into a teenager. In the previous books, his childhood was complicated by the pull of his two cultures -- French and Syrian -- and his parents' deteriorating relationship. Now his father, Adbel-Razak, has left to take a job in Saudi Arabia, and after making a pilgrimage to Mecca, turns increasingly towards religion. But after following him from place to place and living for years under the harsh conditions of his impoverished village, Riad's mother Clementine has had enough. Refusing to live in a country where women have no rights, she returns with her children to live in France with her own mother... until Abdel-Razak shows up unexpectedly to drag the family on yet another journey. As the series builds to a climax, we see Riad struggle with problems both universal (bullies at school) and specific (his mother's sudden illness, the judgment of his religious relatives). And as Abdel-Razak returns again to the same fantastical dreams he pursued in previous books, we see him become more and more unhinged, until ultimately he crosses the line from idealism to fanaticism, leading to a dramatic breaking point. --Book jacket. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Original 9781250150660 |
| Subject |
Sattouf, Riad -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Circumcision -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Religion and culture -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Middle East -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction comics.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic books.
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| Add'l Names |
Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781250150677
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1250150671
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| STANDARD # |
3A31B6C7-21ED-4263-BF0F-994EF31FB37E OverDrive |
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