Description
Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. It's essential reading. -Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbi's Cat
Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.
Author: Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 09/04/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781770460829
ISBN10: 1770460829
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | General
About the Author
The writer Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971 and now lives outside of Paris. The artist Clément Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966 and has illustrated more than forty children's books.