Aya: The Secrets Come Out: Volume Three

Abouet, Marguerite; Oubrerie, Clément

ISBN 10: 1897299796 / ISBN 13: 9781897299791

Published by Drawn and Quarterly, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aya: The Secrets Come Out: Volume Three
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897299796
• ISBN 13: 9781897299791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

Aya has captured the hearts of North American readers of all ages for the rare portrait it paints of a vibrant, happy, bourgeois Ivory Coast in the 1970s, based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. Not only is Aya complemented with Clément Oubrerie's gorgeous artwork, but the volumes also offer a slice-of-life peek into African culture: complete with recipes, glossaries, and wardrobe instructions for turning one's pagne (brightly colored fabric) into a skirt, head wrap, or baby carrier. Engaging and fun, the universal stories in Aya provide a much-needed context for today's heartbreaking news stories.

Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angoulême 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 in The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.

About the Author

The writer Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971 and now lives outside of Paris. The artist Clément Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966 and has illustrated more than forty children's books.