A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached

A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

Zeina Abirached with Edward Gauvin (Translator)

188 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir emotional reflective fast-paced

Description

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snip...

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Moods

tense 53%
emotional 50%
sad 46%
dark 38%
reflective 38%
hopeful 23%
informative 23%
challenging 19%
adventurous 3%
inspiring 3%

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medium 24%
slow 16%

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