- Perfect Paperback
- Publisher: Rizzoli (Nov 2008)
- Language Italian
- ISBN-10: 8817027898
- ISBN-13: 978-8817027892
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 17.2 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The writer Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971 and now lives outside of Paris. The artist Clement Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966 and
has illustrated more than forty children's books. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
has illustrated more than forty children's books. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Aha, this is volume two of the wonderful graphic novel series and finds our heroine Aya continuing her role as the calm hub at the centre of some wild comic goings on.
Not to give the story away... (see vol1)... but the baby is born and who will claim paternity?
As I said in a review of vol 1 this is almost Shakesperean in its comic mastery, and the drawings are even better than they were in volume 1. The unfortunate Moussa gets a job. Herve wants to spell and will Aya enter a beauty competition?
What is so heart warming about this series is the time and care taken over the artwork... all sorts of special details and subtle effects.
I think we have here a modest legend in the making. Indispensable, for anyone who might have read other graphic novel classics like Maus, Persopolis, Alison Bechdel's Fun House and Dykes to watch out for. But all this with an African twist.
Golden, heart-warming, life affirming. What is there not to love, o?
Not to give the story away... (see vol1)... but the baby is born and who will claim paternity?
As I said in a review of vol 1 this is almost Shakesperean in its comic mastery, and the drawings are even better than they were in volume 1. The unfortunate Moussa gets a job. Herve wants to spell and will Aya enter a beauty competition?
What is so heart warming about this series is the time and care taken over the artwork... all sorts of special details and subtle effects.
I think we have here a modest legend in the making. Indispensable, for anyone who might have read other graphic novel classics like Maus, Persopolis, Alison Bechdel's Fun House and Dykes to watch out for. But all this with an African twist.
Golden, heart-warming, life affirming. What is there not to love, o?
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I read the first Aya book after several years of avoiding comics and really enjoyed it. The artwork was fresh, the story (though somewhat soap opera-ish) was enjoyable, and the world seemed familiar to Westerners yet distinctively African. I picked this sequel up after a few years of reading hundreds and hundreds of comic books and found it to be not at all what I was expecting it to be.
The artwork is ok but the story is just too slight to make up an entire book. Aya is an independent woman who isn't throwing her life away too early by becoming a single mother and then abandoning hope of a career or a life outside of Yop City. Commendable but then she doesn't really do much else but observe her friends and family doing the opposite. Her friend is pregnant - but who's the father? Her dad's having an affair! And that's about it. Some romantic misunderstandings and it feels very much like a comic book version of your average soap - slight, brainless, and ultimately a waste of time.
I wanted to like this series but having discovered a wealth of comic books available that offer far more substantial content, I've found that "Aya of Yop City" isn't one of them.
Better comic books: "Habibi" by Craig Thompson, "War Stories" by Garth Ennis, "Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis, "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" by Seth, "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel, "Hark a Vagrant!" by Kate Beaton, "Paying for It" by Chester Brown.
The artwork is ok but the story is just too slight to make up an entire book. Aya is an independent woman who isn't throwing her life away too early by becoming a single mother and then abandoning hope of a career or a life outside of Yop City. Commendable but then she doesn't really do much else but observe her friends and family doing the opposite. Her friend is pregnant - but who's the father? Her dad's having an affair! And that's about it. Some romantic misunderstandings and it feels very much like a comic book version of your average soap - slight, brainless, and ultimately a waste of time.
I wanted to like this series but having discovered a wealth of comic books available that offer far more substantial content, I've found that "Aya of Yop City" isn't one of them.
Better comic books: "Habibi" by Craig Thompson, "War Stories" by Garth Ennis, "Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis, "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" by Seth, "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel, "Hark a Vagrant!" by Kate Beaton, "Paying for It" by Chester Brown.
Format:Hardcover
As a white man in his early twenties living in the western world, I could be accused of being patronizing by saying that "Aya is a lovely introductry account of what it is to live in Africa". But simply, it is. This is such an absorbing and heart warming story of a young woman in Yopougon during the Ivory Coast's great boom in culture and industry. We're treated to the daily comings and goings of the studious and steadfast Aya and the amusing attitudes and indiscretions of her friends and family. But this isn't all sunshine and charm, there is a regular element of transition running throughout this book and in the next two sequels which I've also read; the transition of Aya into an independent young woman whilst her friends dither, the crumbling and re-building of the inter-personal relationships of all around her and the very temporary nature of the Ivory Coast's prosperity - these factors add a very real political undertone to this radiant village story.
Sublime, colourful and shrewdly written this is one not to overlook.
Sublime, colourful and shrewdly written this is one not to overlook.
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All the Aya comic books are wonderful. The drawing improves and the stories become more complicated but full of humour. It gives a fantastic insight into African culture. Read more
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