Aya : life in Yop City / Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie ; [translation by] Helge Dascher.

Title:

ISBN:

9781770460829

Personal Author:

Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-

Publication Information:

[New York] : Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2015]

Physical Description:

344 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm

General Note:

First paperback edition published in 2012.

"Originally published in English by Drawn & Quarterly in three hardcover editions in 2007, 2008, and 2009."--Title page verso.

Compilation of the first three books in the Aya series, published in English under the titles: Aya, Aya of Yop City and Aya : the secrets come out. Originally published in French as volumes 1-3 of Aya de Youpougon.

Includes "Ivorian bonus."

Summary:

"Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation--an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa--seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wry soap opera revolving around the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City."--Cover.

Geographic Term:

Côte d'Ivoire -- Comic books, strips, etc

Côte d'Ivoire -- Social conditions -- 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc

Côte d'Ivoire -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc

Subject Term:

Teenage girls--Côte d'Ivoire -- Comic books, strips, etc

Genre:

Historical comics

Graphic novels

Comics (Graphic works)

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphics