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  • Maimonides Centre, Hamburg  (2)
  • Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • English  (2)
  • Findakly, Brigitte
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    Poppies of Iraq (2017)
    [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly
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    ISBN: 9781770462939 , 1770462937
    Language: English
    Pages: [57] leaves , color illustrations; photos , 22 cm
    Edition: First edition
    Year of publication: 2017
    Uniform Title: Coquelicots d'Irak
    DDC: 741.5/944
    Keywords: Findakly, Brigitte Comic books, strips, etc Childhood and youth ; Women cartoonists Biography ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Women cartoonists Biography ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Iraq Comic books, strips, etc Social conditions 20th century ; Graphic novels ; Comic ; Biografie ; Findakly, Brigitte 1959- ; Irak ; Familienleben ; Kindheitserinnerung
    Abstract: Hostage / Guy Delisle -- Poppies of Iraq / Brigitte Findakly, Lewis Trondheim.
    Abstract: "Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly's nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share 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. Poppies of Iraq is intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one's homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged. Signs of an oppressive regime permeate a seemingly normal life: magazines arrive edited by customs; the color red is banned after the execution of General Kassim; Baathist militiamen are publicly hanged and school kids are bussed past them to bear witness. As conditions in Mosul worsen over her childhood, Brigitte's father is always hopeful that life in Iraq will return to being secular and prosperous. The family eventually feels compelled to move to Paris, however, where Brigitte finds herself not quite belonging to either culture. Trondheim brings to life Findakly's memories to create a poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile."--
    Note: Originally published in French by L'Association , Translated from the French
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    4. Heaven on earth [5. Africa's Jerusalem] (2008)
    New York : Pantheon Books
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    ISBN: 9780375425073
    Language: English
    Pages: [4], 1-130, [4] Seiten , color illustrations , 27 cm
    Edition: First American edition
    Year of publication: 2008
    Series Statement: The Rabbi's cat / Joann Sfar 2
    Series Statement: Sfar, Joann 1971- The Rabbi's cat.
    Parallel Title: I. Heaven on earth
    Parallel Title: II. Africa's Jerusalem
    DDC: 741.5/944
    Keywords: Rabbis Comic books, strips, etc ; Cats Comic books, strips, etc ; Graphic novels ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Cats ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Graphic novels ; Rabbis ; France ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Graphic novels ; Comic books, strips, etc ; Graphic novels ; Comic
    Abstract: "Joann Sfar's beloved, humorous, and wise talking cat is back for more beautifully illustrated adventures in Algiers and across Africa in the 1930s. While the rabbi is away, his cat tags along with Malka of the Lions (the rabbi's enigmatic cousin), who roams the desert with his ferocious-on-demand lion. Some believe Malka to be a pious Jew, others think he's a shrewd womanizer, but the cat will be the one to discover the surprising truth." "Back in Algiers, the rabbi's daughter, Zlabya, and her new husband fill the house with their fighting, while the city around them fills with a rising tide of anti-Semitism. On a whim, the rabbi's cat, the rabbi, a sheik (also a cousin of the rabbi), and a very misplaced Russian painter set out on a fantastic journey (even encountering a young reporter named Tintin in the Congo) in search of an African Jerusalem. It turns out to be very fortuitous that the rabbi's cat is not just a talking cat, but a multilingual talking cat" -- Jacket
    Note: Originally published in France by Dargaud, Paris, in two volumes: 'Le chat du Rabbin. 4, Le paradis terrestre' in 2005 and 'Le chat du rabbin. 5, Jérusalem d'Afrique' in 2006 , "Many thanks also to Iryna Mylymuk and Antoni Yalap, the translators who allowed my characters to speak, respectively, Russian and Aramaic" -- p. 50 , Translated from French
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