A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return [Graphic Universe] Le jeau des hirondelles. English]

Abirached, Zeina, 1981- art by Zeina Abirached ; translation by Edward Gauvin.

ISBN 10: 0761385681 / ISBN 13: 9780761385684

Published by Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, c2012., 2012

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First American edition ; 187 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. ; ISBN 9780761385684, 9781575059419, 0761385681, 157505941X ; LCCN 2011038914 ; Dewey 741.5 ; LOC No PN6790.L43 A2513 2012 ; pictorial boards in similar dustjacket ; ex-library, stamps; tear to back dustjacket ; Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city ; 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. ; FINE/G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return [Graphic Universe] Le jeau des hirondelles. English]
• Publisher: Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, c2012.
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761385681
• ISBN 13: 9780761385684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Abirached, Zeina
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.

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.