I Remember Beirut GN (2014 Lerner) comic books 2012-2014
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Published Oct 2014 by Lerner Publishing.$9.95
1st printing. Story and art by Zeina Abirached. Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories. Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and n outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.