"In striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi's Libya, and Assad's Syria--but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation. Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents;...

In this volume, Riad, now settled in his father's hometown of Homs, gets to go to school, where he dedicates himself to becoming a true Syrian in the country of the dictator Hafez Al-Assad. Riad's story takes in the sweep of politics, religion, and poverty, but is steered by acutely observed small moments: the daily sadism of his schoolteacher, the lure of the black market, with its menu of shame and subsistence, and the obsequiousness of his father...

"Ce livre raconte l'histoire vraie d'un enfant blond et de sa famille dans la Libye de Kadhafi et la Syrie d'Hafez Al-Assad. Né d'un père syrien et d'une mère bretonne, Riad Sattouf grandit d'abord à Tripoli, en Libye, où son père vient d'être nommé professeur. Issu d'un milieu pauvre, féru de politique et obsédé par le panarabisme, Abdel-Razak Sattouf élève son fils Riad dans le culte des grands dictateurs arabes, symboles de modernité...

"Riad Sattouf continúa desgranando su aguda y desternillante autobiografía en este nuevo volumen gráfico de El árabe del futuro, una de las series más celebradas del último lustro a nivel internacional, traducida a veintidós idiomas. A través de los ojos del niño que fue, Sattouf nos relata sus vivencias en Libia, Siria, el Líbano y Francia, al tiempo que ofrece un retablo impagable del Oriente Próximo de la época y su relación con Occidente....