PAST EVENT
Marguerite Abouet in NYC
Appearance
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to Friday, April 27, 2007
03:00pm
Aya
An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa we rarely seespirited hopeful and resilientAya won the 2006 award for Best First Album at the Angouleme International Comics FestivalAya tells the story of its 19yearold heroine the studious and clearsighted Aya her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou and their meddling relatives and neighbours Its a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City Clement Oubreries warm colours and energetic playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouets vibrant writingThats what I wanted to show in Aya an Africa without the war and famine an Africa that endures despite everything because as we say back home life goes on Marguerite Abouet
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ISBN : 9781894937900
Binding : Hardback
Pages : 132
Trim Size : 7.0 x 1.0
April 9, 2020
Book Riot Features Aya and Rolling Blackouts
AYA BY MARGUERITE ABOUET AND CLEMENT OUBRERIE, TRANSLATED BY ALISIA GRACE CHASE AND HELGE DASCHER
Okay, this one is a li...
March 16, 2020
BookRiot Tells You to Read Aya!
Ivory Coast, 1978. Family and friends gather at Aya’s house every evening to watch the country’s first television a...
May 10, 2018
Huffington Post Recommends Aya
Marguerite Abouet is an Ivorian writer of graphic novels best known for her Aya series.
The series is one of ...
January 10, 2008
AYA, EXIT WOUNDS on The Washington Post’s A list
Aya By Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Drawn & Quarterly, $19. 95
Exit Wounds By Rutu Modan, Drawn & Qu...
January 2, 2008
EXIT WOUNDS, SHORTCOMINGS, SPENT, AYA on Panels and Pixels Best of list
Overall, 2007 could be called a banner year for comics as the medium continued to garner mainstream traction.
The death...
November 16, 2007
SHORTCOMINGS, EXIT WOUNDS and AYA make PW’s Best of List
ComicsShortcomingsAdrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)A lacerating, falling-out-of-love story that profiles Ben Tanaka,...
October 27, 2007
EXIT WOUNDS, AYA reviewed by The Guardian
Ayaby Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie (Jonathan Cape, £14. 99)
Marguerite Abouet’s comic tells of a los...
June 4, 2007
EXIT WOUNDS and AYA nominated for the Quill Awards
Two D+Q titles nominated for The Quill Awards. In the graphic novel category, we have:
Exit WoundsRutu ModanDrawn &...