5/7/2023 0 Comments Habibi novel![]() ![]() Her husband is kind enough to teach her the script, how to read and how to write. Set in timeless Middle East, the book fuses legend and myths with grim realities, following the lives of Dodola, an Arab girl sold into child marriage by her illiterate parents. ![]() To realize its potential, you have to read Habibi. One cannot begin to think what black and white drawings can do to the heart and the soul. It reads as a novel to begin with and the sketches are intricate and magnificent. Habibi is very different from the other graphic novels that I have read. I had heard of, “Habibi” sometime ago and when I received a copy of it, I started and ended the book and still reeling from its effect.Ĭraig Thompson as an illustrator and a writer takes risks. I had to procure a copy of, “Goodbye Chunky Rice”, which I loved a little more than “Blankets”. ![]() I was mesmerized by the writing and the illustration prowess of Craig Thompson. I remember when I finished reading, “Blankets” for the first time. ![]()
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