Habibi
From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets comes a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling.
Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection.
Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection.
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Like a lot of reviewers have already mentioned, it really does seem like Craig Thompson is working out his issues Catholicism and his childhood experience of sexual abuse through this book. I also found that it read like someone who was learning (arabic, the qu'ran, other stuff) while they were writing, which seems a bit less polished and more ... scattered. Definitely saw hints of the things I loved in this that were also in his previous works, but the four or five years I waited for this publication were really just not worth it. I am still batshit crazy for Goodbye Chunky Rice and Blankets, and this just doesn't come close to being as good as either of those, unfortunately.
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