TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sattouf,Riad
AU  - Taylor,Sam
TI  - The Arab of the future: a graphic memoir 
SN  - 9781627793513
AV  - NC1499.S28A2 2016 V.2
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Metropolitan Books
KW  - Sattouf, Riad
KW  - Cartoonists
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Middle East
N1  - Translation of: Arabe du futur. 2. 2015
N2  - In this volume, Riad, now settled in his father's hometown of Homs, gets to go to school, where he dedicates himself to becoming a true Syrian in the country of the dictator Hafez Al-Assad. Riad's story takes in the sweep of politics, religion, and poverty, but is steered by acutely observed small moments: the daily sadism of his schoolteacher, the lure of the black market, with its menu of shame and subsistence, and the obsequiousness of his father in the company of those close to the regime. As his family strains to fit in, one chilling, barbaric act drives the Sattoufs to make the most dramatic of changes. --From publisher description
ER  -