The Flavors of Iraq - Impressions of My Vanished Homeland

"A graphic memoir recounting the author's childhood in Iraq and his experiences during the Iraq War and its aftermath from 1989 to 2011"--

About the author

Born in France to Iraqi parents, Feurat Alani is an award-winning journalist and novelist. He was a news correspondent in Baghdad from 2003 to 2008 for Télé (now CNews), Ouest France, La Croix, and Le Point. In 2008, Alani returned to Paris to work on the television newsmagazine L’Effet papillon. He is the cofounder of the production companies Baozi Prod and In Sight Films. Alani collaborates regularly with the newspaper Le Monde diplomatique, the website Orient XXI, and the magazine Géo, and works as a reporter and producer with Arte, France 24, and Canal+. The Flavors of Iraq was originally published as Le Parfum d’Irak in 2018 and went on to win the Prix Albert Londres for the best book in 2019.Léonard Cohen is a French animator based in Oakland, California. He earned his master’s degree in animation at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris in 2009. His film Plato was selected in many festivals and won multiple awards. Cohen designed the TV series Le Chiffroscope, which ran weekly for three seasons (2012–15) on L’Effet papillon.

Summary

A graphic memoir recounting the author’s childhood in Iraq and his experiences during the Iraq War and its aftermath from 1989 to 2011.

Product details

• Authors: Feurat Alani
• Assisted by: Leonard Cohen (Illustration), Léonard Cohen (Illustration), Ross Caputi (Foreword), Kendra Boileau (Translation), Kendra (Penn State Press) Boileau (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9781637790670
• ISBN: 978-1-63779-067-0
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 238 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, military history, Memoirs, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Iraq, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Relating to Arab people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs