Esther's Notebooks (Pantheon Graphic Library)

By: Riad Sattouf

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Synopsis: The hilarious, heartbreaking, and painfully true life of a girl growing up in Paris, from the acclaimed comic book artist and author of The Arab of the Future"Funny, well-observed...contains immense daring and depth...Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation." —Observer, "Graphic Novel of the Month"Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend&’s 10-year old daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, her family, her school, her friends, her hopes, her dreams and her fears. And then he creates a one-page comic strip based on what she says.This book is a collection of 156 of those strips, comprising the first three volumes as they appeared in Europe, spanning Esther&’s life from age 10 to 12. As The Guardian noted: &“Each page of Esther&’s Notebooks is self-contained—there&’s usually a neat punchline—but read them all, and you come to see that Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation: their hopes, dreams and cultural references; the way that their personalities, backgrounds—many of the children portrayed have parents who are immigrants—and preconceived ideas about sexuality begin to play out even before they&’ve begun secondary school. The result is a bit like a cartoon version of Michael Apted&’s landmark TV series, Up. These funny, well-observed comics are fantastically daring.&”