Comic book series : A Game for Swallows
Artist:
Zeina Abirached
Writer:
Abirached, Zeina
Publisher:
Graphic Universe
A Game for Swallows
To Die, to Leave, to Return
artist:
Zeina Abirached
Writer:
Abirached, Zeina
series: A Game for Swallows
publisher: Graphic Universe
publish date: 15-10-2022
language: English
coloring: black/white
pages: 224:
genres: autobiographicalmiddle east
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, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother, sharing cooking lessons, games, and gossip. Together they try to make it through the day in the one place they hoped would always be safe-home. 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.