Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angouleme International Comics Festival, the Children's Africana Book Award, and the Glyph Award was nominated for the Quill Award, the YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list, and the Eisner Award and was included on "best of" lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. Drawn Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Book Two. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in Abouet's Yop City, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. It's a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.Ĭlement Oubrerie's warm colours and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet's vibrant writing. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbours. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It's a golden time, and the nation, too - an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa - seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is the winner of the Best First Album award at the Angouleme International Comics Festival, the Children’s Africana Book Award, and the Glyph Award was nominated for the Quill Award, the YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels list, and the Eisner Award and was included on “best of” lists from The Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.Ivory Coast, 1978. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Aya Ser.: Aya: Life in Yop City by Clment Oubrerie, Marguerite Abouet and Clm at the best. Drawn & Quarterly has release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Aya: Love in Yop City. It's a wry soap opera revolving around the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life 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. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in the lively world of Aya and her friends, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It’s wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.Ĭlément Oubrerie’s warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet’s vibrant writing.
Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous.
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