Algeria is beautiful like America
(Graphic Novel)
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Published
[St Louis, Missouri] : Lion Forge, LLC, [2018].
Format
Graphic Novel
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult Graphic Novels
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Published
[St Louis, Missouri] : Lion Forge, LLC, [2018].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Graphic novel.
General Note
Originally published in France as L'Algérie, c'est beau comme l'Amérique, Steinkis, ©2015.
General Note
"Memoir."
Description
Olivia had always heard stories about Algeria from her maternal grandmother, a Black Foot (a "Pied-Noir," the French term for Christian and Jewish settlers of French Algeria who emigrated to France after the Algerian War of Independence). After her grandmother's death, Olivia found some of her grandmother's journals and letters describing her homeland. Now, ten years later, she resolves to travel to Algeria and experience the country for herself. Olivia's quest to understand her origins will bring her to face questions about heritage, history, shame, friendship, memory, nostalgia, fantasy, the nature of exile, and our unending quest to understand who we are and where we come from.
Language
In English, translated from the French.
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Algeria -- Description and travel -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Biographical comics.
Burton, Olivia -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Burton, Olivia -- Travel -- Algeria -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Pieds-Noirs -- Algeria -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Pieds-Noirs -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Biographical comics.
Burton, Olivia -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Burton, Olivia -- Travel -- Algeria -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Pieds-Noirs -- Algeria -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Pieds-Noirs -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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