Bye-Bye Babylon by Lamia Ziade
?Beirut in the 1970s is a paradise. Wealthy families ride escalators and fill shopping carts with imported food and luxury products from Paris and New York. Lamia Ziad , seven years old, dreams of banana splits, American candy, flying on Pan Am Airways, and visiting the local cinema. Considered by the elite the Paris, Las Vegas or Monaco of the Middle East, Beirut was in reality a powder keg, waiting for a spark. On April 13, 1975 Lamia and her family returned from lunch in the countryside to find a city in flames. Looking back on the golden days before the war, and its immediate, devastating effects, Bye Bye Babylon positions an elegiac and shocking narrative next to a child's perspective of the years 1975-79: of consumer icons next to burning buildings, scenes of violence and sparkling new weapons painted in vivid Technicolor--war as pop. It is a unique graphic memoir, and an important visual record of a terrible war.
Ziade, Lamia: - Born in Lebanon, Lamia Ziadü¾Ž–”¼ is an internationally acclaimed artist and illustrator. She has worked as a fabric designer for Jean-Paul Gaultier and has published several books for adults and children. She lives in Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781566568777 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566568773 |
| Title | Bye-Bye Babylon |
| Author | Lamia Ziade |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Interlink Pub Group |
| Year published | 2012-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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