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Told with \u003cb\u003echildlike wonder\u003c\/b\u003e and the merest hint of \u003cb\u003emature understanding\u003c\/b\u003e, it's a \u003cb\u003ewide-eyed and unforgettable\u003c\/b\u003e tour of the early days of Muammar Gaddafi's Libya and Hafez al-Assad's Syria (via rural Brittany), as Sattouf's professor father pursues an unbridled ambition to help build a proud Arab nation through the power of education. * Bookanista *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisitely illustrated\u003c\/b\u003e, and filled with experiences of misfortune bordering on the farcical, Mr. Sattouf's book is \u003cb\u003ea disquieting yet essential read\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eSattouf's work is \u003cb\u003elaced with astute observations of human beings\u003c\/b\u003e. His memoirs often dwell on their failings: hypocrisy, cowardice, bullying. Yet there's humour too - mainly because his humans are so helplessly absurd * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eEngrossing . . . \u003cb\u003eSattouf writes in a fluid prose\u003c\/b\u003e, beautifully translated by Sam Taylor * New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e has become that rare thing in France's polarized intellectual climate: \u003cb\u003ean object of consensual rapture\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehailed as a masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e in the leading journals of both the left and the right. . . . it has, in effect, made Sattouf the Arab of the present in France * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely mesmerising\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003etremendously engaging\u003c\/b\u003e story of family life. It's also a fascinating personal insight into differing cultural attitudes, the physical reality of living under two distinct Arab leaders and how national\/social\/religious ideologies filter through the consciousness of a wide-eyed adolescent. \u003cb\u003eIt's a heartfelt, refreshing take on growing up in unique circumstances\u003c\/b\u003e. * Lonesome Reader *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Riad Sattouf's place among \u003cb\u003ethe greatest cartoonists of his generation\u003c\/b\u003e * Le Monde (France) *\u003cbr\u003eAs the very young Riad Sattouf navigates life in Libya, France, and Syria, he gets a serious education in the mysterious vectors of power that shape not just the political world, but the intimate sphere of his own family. With charming yet powerful drawings and vivid sensory details, Sattouf delivers a child's-eye view of the baffling adult world in all its complexity, corruption, and delusion. \u003cb\u003eThis is a beautiful, funny, and important graphic memoir\u003c\/b\u003e * Alison Bechdel, author of FUN HOME *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSattouf's book takes us from place to place and culture to culture, and in the emphasis of differences there is also the unveiling of similarities... Sattouf retells, with words and images, \u003cb\u003ethe heartbreaking realisation of the non-place in which many immigrants are forced to exist\u003c\/b\u003e... Sattouf's book is challenging amongst other reasons because it deals with the most demonised, o\u003ci\u003ethered \u003c\/i\u003eidentity in Europe. Because the narrative takes the characters from country to country, language to language and culture to culture, the narrative perspective is necessarily comparative, and because things are never black and white, either\/or, \u003cb\u003eoften the conclusions are contradictory\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eThere is a loneliness in all of Sattouf's characters\u003c\/b\u003e, who, often, do not really talk to each other, but to themselves, or keep a repressed\/repressive silence. In the constant coming and going of the trial and error from country to country, the immigrant's story is, in spite of the presence of family, \u003cb\u003eone of solitude, but moved forward by hope\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cbr\u003eIn this sense \u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea profoundly political and timely book\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eThe present historical moment in Europe calls more than ever for exercises of solidarity and empathy: in retelling his past Sattouf is not merely retreating into himself, but telling us very important things about the historical past, present and possible futures of us all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Comics Grid *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiven with flashes of dark humour\u003c\/b\u003e... The \u003cb\u003epenmanship is simple and witty\u003c\/b\u003e, oddly it r\u003cb\u003eeminded me of Matt in the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. Despite writing for Charlie Hebdo, Sattouf had never been an overtly political cartoonist and yet \u003cb\u003ein \u003ci\u003eThe Arab of The Future\u003c\/i\u003e he has said more about the problems of the Arab world than a hundred newspaper articles\u003c\/b\u003e. The story ends in 1984 with the family about to return to Syria. \u003cb\u003eThe sequel is already out in France with an English edition to come in September. I can't wait.\u003c\/b\u003e * CapX *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngaging \u003c\/b\u003eand lovely to look at . . . Sattouf has an eye for grimly funny details . . . and \u003cb\u003emilks the disjunction between how he experienced his political environment at the time and how he understands it now for all it's worth\u003c\/b\u003e * Los Angeles Times (Best Books of the Year 2015) *\u003cbr\u003eSattouf's \u003cb\u003etimely \u003c\/b\u003egraphic memoir - a bestseller in France, where he lives - recounts his upbringing in Syria and Libya. \u003cb\u003eDespite the starkness of much of his story, Sattouf maintains a playful touch in all his panels\u003c\/b\u003e * San Francisco Chronicle (Best of 2015) *\u003cbr\u003eWith a judicious eye for an anecdote, and even more judicious doses of commentary, \u003cb\u003eSattouf \u003c\/b\u003e- a former contributor to the French humor magazine \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003edelivers a vicious denunciation of pan-Arabism and Islamic politics. \u003c\/b\u003eIt might seem impossible to depict the recent history of the Middle East using Sattouf's zany drawing style... But Sattouf uses this style to establish a subtle and contradictory relationship with his reader. \u003cb\u003eHe simultaneously disclaims the reader's attention - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo, nothing important going on here\u003c\/i\u003e - and challenges the discerning few to look closer\u003c\/b\u003e * NPR *\u003cbr\u003eThe hundred-and-fifty-odd pages of Riad Sattouf's internationally bestselling graphic memoir . . . move with an \u003cb\u003eirrepressible comic velocity\u003c\/b\u003e. The book is told \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e-style . . . an indictment of the adult world and its insidious methods of diminishment we all have either faced or been fortunate enough to escape. * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003eThe book, whose title pokes fun at Abdel-Razak's pan-Arabist obsessions, \u003cb\u003eshows the hypocrisy behind one man's understanding of that failed political ideology\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emakes tangible the absurdity of living under propaganda-mad dictators\u003c\/b\u003e, and it \u003cb\u003ehumanizes, for better or worse, certain segments of very poor Muslim populations in two specific parts of the Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e. * Vice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e maintains a balance of comedy and commentary and ...is carried by excellent drawings. Riad Sattouf's work \u003cb\u003etakes its place alongside other classic animated retrospective memoirs\u003c\/b\u003e from the region, \u003ci\u003ePersepolis \u003c\/i\u003e. . . and \u003ci\u003eWaltz with Bashir\u003c\/i\u003e * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003eThe book's highest achievement is \u003cb\u003ethe ability to portray the tacit power structures that govern family and nation through the eyes of a child\u003c\/b\u003e, with all of a child's parental worship and bafflement... \u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e begs for a more complex and compassionate understanding of an area of the world that's all too often the target of misunderstanding and fear. * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is already being compared to biographical classics like \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersepolis,\u003c\/i\u003e and the modern relevance of the countries in which it is set is sure to make this \u003cb\u003ea widely talked about book this year\u003c\/b\u003e * Mentalfloss.com *\u003cbr\u003eIn his comics, Sattouf deftly weaves the political background with the everyday. He tells a personal story but also observes the society and country around him, and his great sense of humor makes reading the book thoroughly enjoyable. \u003cb\u003eIt'll have you laughing to the point of tears\u003c\/b\u003e. * Haaretz (Israel) *\u003cbr\u003eRarely I've encountered a more convincing combination of \u003cb\u003ewit and depth\u003c\/b\u003e * Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003esharp \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Repubblica (Italy) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003etouching\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003echilling \u003c\/b\u003eand very \u003cb\u003einstructive\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * El Mundo (Spain) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSattouf presents timely, candid insights into life behind the curtain in news-making nations\u003c\/b\u003e - namely, in this case, Libya and Syria... \u003cb\u003ehe nails the inexplicable dizziness of being a child\u003c\/b\u003e * Globe and Mail *\u003cbr\u003eSattouf's account of his childhood is a deeply personal recollection of a peripatetic youth that can resonate with audiences across the world. \u003cb\u003eIt also paints \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ean incisive picture of the Arab world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e in the late 1970s and early 1980s that sets the stage for the revolutionary changes that would grip and roil the region decades later\u003c\/b\u003e. * Foreign Policy *\u003cbr\u003eWide-eyed, yet perceptive, the book documents the wanderings of [Sattouf's] mismatched parents? 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