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Riad Sattouf’s series: two international best sellers at Allary Éditions

✳ THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE: 1 million copies sold in France (vol. 1, 2 & 3) Translation in 20 languages

Tie Arab of the Future tells the story of Riad Sattouf’s childhood in the Middle East. Tie fjrst volume (2014) covers the period from 1978 to 1984: from birth to the age of six, little Riad is shuttled between Libya, Brittany and Syria. Tie second volume (2015) tells the story of his fjrst year of school in Syria (1984-1985). Tie third volume (2016) sees him between the ages of six and nine, the time he becomes aware of the society he is growing up in (1985-1987). Tie series have been awarded multiple prizes, including the Grand prix RTL for graphic novels in 2014, the Fauve d’or (Best Album Prize) at the 2015 international festival of graphic novels in Angoulême and the Los Angeles Times Graphic Novel Prize in 2016. Volume 4 will be published in 2018, volume 5 in 2019. 3 volumes published, 5 volumes in total.

✳ ESTHER’S NOTEBOOKS: 220 000 copies sold in France (vol. 1 & 2) Translation in 7 languages

Based on true stories told by Esther A., Esther’s Notebooks draw us into the daily life of a young girl talking about her point of view on every- thing: family, love, pop culture and politics. Each album covers one year in the life of Esther, from her 10th (fjrst album, 2016) through her 18th year. Tiose books will show the evolution and construction of a personnality, from childhood to the beginning of adulthood. 1 volume per year, 56 pages per album 3 volumes published, 9 volumes in total

ESTHER’S NOTEBOOKS 3 volume 3 (extract)

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Riad Sattouf is a French cartoonist and fjlmmaker. Born in 1978, he spent his childhood between Libya, Syria and Brittany. He has been drawing co- mics for twenty years and published more than twenty books. Riad Sattouf is one of the few graphic novel authors to have won the Fauve d’or at the Angoulême festival twice (for Pascal Brutal 3 in 2010 and Tie Arab of the Future 1 in 2015). His series, Tie Arab of the Future is a worldwide best-seller with more than 20 translations. Since 2014, he has been drawing Esther’s Notebooks (Les Cahiers d’Esther) for the newsmagazine L’Obs every week, based on the true stories of a little girl called Esther A. As a fjlmmaker, he directed Tie French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses, César for best debut fjlm) and Jacky in Women’s Kingdom (Jacky au royaume des fjlles).

ESTHERS TAGEBÜCHER

Riad Sattouf

Mein Leben als Zehnjährige

« Tie new Petit Nicolas! » Europe 1 « Riad Sattouf continues to vividly describe adolescence like no other. » ELLE « A magnifjcent ethnographer of the ordinary life. » Libération

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Riad Sattouf

L’ARABE DU FUTUR

« Tie most enjoyable graphic novel I’ve read in a while. » Zadie Smith « A masterpiece. » Posy Simmonds « One of the great creators of our time. » Alain de Botton

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