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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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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Graphic novels

• Full title: Habibi
• Author: Craig Thompson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 672
• EAN: 9780571241323
• ISBN: 0571241328
• ID: 04387741
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 1536 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 183 × 53 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. September 2011

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