A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return: Expanded Edition

Abirached, Zeina

ISBN 10: 1728446139 / ISBN 13: 9781728446134

Published by Graphic Universe (Tm), 2022

About this Item

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Seller Inventory # G1728446139I3N10

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return: Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Graphic Universe (Tm)
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1728446139
• ISBN 13: 9781728446134
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Abirached, Zeina
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

This expanded edition of A Game for Swallows features a new, illustrated afterword, as Abirached reflects on the meaning of her memoir's title, the graffiti that inspired it, and the future of Beirut.

A USBBY Outstanding International Book

“This superb memoir is destined to become a classic.” ―starred, School Library Journal

“A moving tale about the hardships of an ordinary family living in an extraordinary part of the world.” ―Gene Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops

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 by bricks and sandbags, threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina’s parents don’t return from a visit to the other half of the city, and the bombing grows closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic evening in the one place they hoped they would always be safe―home.

About the Author

Zeina Abirached was born in Beirut in the middle of the civil war. She studied graphic arts in Lebanon but moved to Paris in 2004, where she attended the National School of Decorative Arts. In 2006, she published her first two graphic novels with publisher Cambourakis, Beyrouth-Catharsis and 38, Rue Youssef Semaani. Her short animated film Mouton was nominated during the fifth international film festival in Tehran. A Game For Swallows (Graphic Universe, 2012) has won numerous awards, including being named an ALA Notable Children's Book and a YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens. Je Me Souviens Beyrouth (I Remember Beirut), the follow-up to A Game For Swallows, was published in French by Cambourakis in 2008.