My Great Arab Melancholy

Award-winning illustrated chronicle of the modern Arab world, combining travelogue, memoir, history and gorgeous full-colour art

About the author

Lamia Ziadé is a Lebanese author, illustrator and visual artist. Born in Beirut in 1968 and raised during the Lebanese Civil War, she moved to Paris at 18 to study graphic arts. She then worked as a designer for Jean-Paul Gaultier, exhibited her art in numerous galleries internationally, and went on to publish several illustrated books, including My Port of Beirut, Ma très grande mélancolie arabe which won the Prix France-Liban, Ô nuit, ô mes yeux and Bye bye Babylone.
Emma Ramadan is an educator and literary translator from French. She is the recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, two NEA Fellowships, and a Fulbright. Her translations include A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa, Zabor, or the Psalms by Kamel Daoud, Panics by Barbara Molinard, and The Easy Life by Marguerite Duras.

Product details

• Authors: Lamia Ziade, Lamia Ziadé
• Assisted by: Lamia Ziadé (Illustration), Emma Ramadan (Translation), Ramadan Emma (Translation)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9780745348155
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4815-5
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Political Ideologies, Lebanon, military history, Memoirs, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Contemporary Women, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Political corruption, Terrorism, armed struggle, Middle Eastern history, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction, Political ideologies and movements, Corruption in politics, government and society, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Civil wars, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars