Riad Sattouf Illustration

He spent most of his childhood the middle east first in algeria then in libya and syria.

Riad sattouf illustration. Je fais l histoire et le dessin. Une jeunesse au moyen orient 1984 1985. Riad sattouf s award winning critically acclaimed bestselling series of graphic memoirs the arab of the future is the author s darkly funny true account of his childhood in the middle east in the 1970s and 80s. Riad sattouf s parents met in the early 1970s in a cafeteria at the sorbonne.

He was able to pick up reading french comics through his grandmother. Before going further and tell you about it i m going to introduce a new french word. Bande dessinée or bd this is the french word for comic books. Clémentine from brittany and abdel razak on scholarship from a village in syria.

A colleague recently lent me the comic books the arab of the future by riad sattouf. The arab of the future by riad sattouf volumes 1 to 3 2014 2016 original french title. Want to read saving. 4 31 avg rating 13 ratings 2 editions.

Riad sattouf has 39 books on goodreads with 39741 ratings. It continues the story of the young riad sattouf though by no means concludes it the final page opens up a whole new pandora s box and covers the years 1987 1992. He developed a desire to become a comic artist early on and produced several short stories that remained unpublished. Riad sattouf planches originales illustrations dédicaces et dessins bd venez découvrir les originaux de riad sattouf présentés dans les galeries des membres sur 2dgalleries.

Riad sattouf son of a syrian father and breton mother was born in paris. They were both students. A childhood in the middle east 1978 1992 the arab of the future is a touching memoir by talented illustrator and storyteller riad sattouf. Published in 2015 by two roads and presented over 4 volumes in graphic novel format the arab of the future is an unforgettable story of riad s extraordinary childhood.

Adolescence is one of his favoured themes as seen in his directorial debut the french kissers starring two promising young actors vincent lacoste and anthony sonigo. Born in france to an excentric syrian father and bookish french mother riad s. Sattouf has already proved that he is a gifted illustrator in his previous work. Avec une illustration inédite by.