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Habibi, based on a Middle Eastern fable, tells the story of Dodola, who escapes being sold into slavery and rescues an abandoned baby she names Zam. They live in isolation in an old boat in the desert. As they age their relationship shifts from mother and son, to brother and sister and eventually lovers. In the meantime however Dodola is forced to prostitute herself to desert traders in order to provide for Zam. When he seeks an alternative means of income Dodola is captured by the Sultan and Zam is forced into a quest to try and rescue her.
At heart Habibi is, like Blankets, a profound love story, but it also functions as a parable about the environment and the state of the world. Set in the place where Christianity and Islam began, it explores the fundamental connection between these religions, and also the relationship between the first and the third world and the increasingly important battle for the earth's resources.
Ambitious, but always deeply felt, Habibi is a beautifully drawn and moving graphic novel that will get a huge amount of attention.
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'Habibi is a wonderful, compelling tale, but also ... an indescribable one. For, hidden inside it are a thousand other stories ... you will want to raid it again and again.' --Rachel Cooke, Observer Graphic Novel of the Month
'Just about every page of Habibi feels like a universe unto itself - sparklingly dark, mysterious and complex. Thompson's work beautifully illuminates the ways in which all of our stories (and so, fates) are tangled at the root.' --Rolling Stone
'Extraordinary ... With Habibi , Craig Thompson has created an epic love story, an adventure tale, and a lapsed Christian's hymn to the beauty of Islamic art.' --Peter Murphy, Irish Times
'A landmark ... Who would have thought that black ink could make such complex, soul-filling music?' --Neel Mukherjee, Financial Times
'Destined to become an instant classic, confirming the author's position among not only the most masterful of graphic novelists but our finest contemporary writers, regardless of medium.'
--Inbali Iserles, Independent on Sunday
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'Just about every page of Habibi feels like a universe unto itself - sparklingly dark, mysterious and complex. Thompson's work beautifully illuminates the ways in which all of our stories (and so, fates) are tangled at the root.' --Rolling Stone
'Extraordinary ... With Habibi , Craig Thompson has created an epic love story, an adventure tale, and a lapsed Christian's hymn to the beauty of Islamic art.' --Peter Murphy, Irish Times
'A landmark ... Who would have thought that black ink could make such complex, soul-filling music?' --Neel Mukherjee, Financial Times
'Destined to become an instant classic, confirming the author's position among not only the most masterful of graphic novelists but our finest contemporary writers, regardless of medium.'
--Inbali Iserles, Independent on Sunday
Habibi is a complex, beautiful and powerful follow-up to Craig Thompson's internationally acclaimed and award-winning Blankets.
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