Bye-Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-79 by Ziade, Lamia

Bye-Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-79

Beirut in the 1970s is a paradise. Wealthy families ride escalators and fill shopping carts with imported...
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Author: Lamia Ziade
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Language: English
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Bye-Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-79 by Ziade, Lamia

Bye-Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-79

$57.05

Bye-Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-79

$57.05
Author: Lamia Ziade
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Beirut in the 1970s is a paradise. Wealthy families ride escalators and fill shopping carts with imported food and luxury products from Paris and New York. Lamia Ziadé, seven years old, dreams of banana splits, American candy, flying on Pan Am Airways, and visiting the local cinema. Considered by the elite the "Paris, Las Vegas or Monaco of the Middle East," Beirut was in reality a powder keg, waiting for a spark. On April 13, 1975 Lamia and her family returned from lunch in the countryside to find a city in flames. Looking back on the golden days before the war, and its immediate, devastating effects, Bye Bye Babylon positions an elegiac and shocking narrative next to a child's perspective of the years 1975-79: of consumer icons next to burning buildings, scenes of violence and sparkling new weapons painted in vivid Technicolor--war as pop. It is a unique graphic memoir, and an important visual record of a terrible war.

Author: Lamia Ziade
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.37h x 6.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781566568777


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2012
Booklist 04/15/2012 pg. 48

About the Author
Ziade, Lamia: - Born in Lebanon, Lamia Ziadé is an internationally acclaimed artist and illustrator. She has worked as a fabric designer for Jean-Paul Gaultier and has published several books for adults and children. She lives in Paris.

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