The Story
END OF THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE TP VOL 01 A YOUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST (MR)
(W) RIAD SATTOUF, SAM TAYLOR (A) RIAD SATTOUF (C) RIAD SATTOUF
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 174183 SKU: 0326FB0778
Riad is a teenager growing up in the French region of Brittany- where he lives with his mother and brother and attends high school in Rennes. But his adolescence is anything but typical. Born to a Syrian father and a French mother- Riad spent much of his early childhood in Libya- rural Syria- and France—moving through contrasting worlds- political ideologies- and daily absurdities. Years earlier- his father—charismatic- authoritarian- and obsessed with dictators and with building a utopian Arab society—abducted Riad’s second younger brother- Fadi- and returned to Syria- leaving behind a fractured family. At 14- Riad navigates puberty- isolation- and the pressures of French society- while haunted by the absence of his father and brother- and the sadness of his mother. He turns to books- heavy metal- and drawing as refuge. The tone is darkly comic and sharply observant- capturing both the universal pains of adolescence and the surreal contradictions of the 1990s. Blending personal story and social commentary- this standalone volume offers a biting- poignant portrait of a young man coming of age in a world that feels both familiar and foreign. The End of the Arab of the Future is the first book in a two-volume series that concludes the critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel begun in Arab of the Future.
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END OF THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE TP VOL 01 A YOUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST (MR)
(W) RIAD SATTOUF, SAM TAYLOR (A) RIAD SATTOUF (C) RIAD SATTOUF
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 174183 SKU: 0326FB0778
Riad is a teenager growing up in the French region of Brittany- where he lives with his mother and brother and attends high school in Rennes. But his adolescence is anything but typical. Born to a Syrian father and a French mother- Riad spent much of his early childhood in Libya- rural Syria- and France—moving through contrasting worlds- political ideologies- and daily absurdities. Years earlier- his father—charismatic- authoritarian- and obsessed with dictators and with building a utopian Arab society—abducted Riad’s second younger brother- Fadi- and returned to Syria- leaving behind a fractured family. At 14- Riad navigates puberty- isolation- and the pressures of French society- while haunted by the absence of his father and brother- and the sadness of his mother. He turns to books- heavy metal- and drawing as refuge. The tone is darkly comic and sharply observant- capturing both the universal pains of adolescence and the surreal contradictions of the 1990s. Blending personal story and social commentary- this standalone volume offers a biting- poignant portrait of a young man coming of age in a world that feels both familiar and foreign. The End of the Arab of the Future is the first book in a two-volume series that concludes the critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel begun in Arab of the Future.
