Comic genre books (7)


1.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka EN

Rating: 3.5     121 Votes
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
When their recently widowed father announces he plans to remarry, sisters Vera and Nadezhda realise they must put aside a lifetime of feuding in order to save him. His new love is a voluptuous gold-digger from the Ukraine half his age, with a proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, who stops at nothing in her single minded pursuit of the luxury Western lifestyle she dreams of. But the old man, too, is pursuing his eccentric dreams - and writing a history of tractors in Ukrainian. A wise, tender and deeply funny novel about families, the healing of old wounds, the tria... continue
Genre Comic
Recommended: 06 Oct 2022

2.

Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Africa / Ivory Coast flag Ivory Coast
Description:
“Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. It’s essential reading.” —Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbi’s Cat Ivory Coast, 1978. 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 loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. 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 neighbors. It’s a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private tr... continue
Recommended: 23 Jun 2022


4.

Detective Nosegood and the Museum Robbery by Marian Ortan EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
The third in a series of irresistibly charming, beautifully illustrated children's classics - the adventures of Detective Nosegoode and his talking dog, Cody. A famous picture is in danger of being stolen, the headquarters of the Circle of the Aficionados of Checkers has been robbed and an elusive pickpocket strikes at the celebrations to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Lower Limewood. This small town seems to have a attracted quite a number of thieves - a good job they can count the brilliant Detective Nosegoode and his faithful Cody among their residents.
Genre Comic
Recommended: 04 Mar 2018

5.

Heimat : A Memoir of History and Home by Nora Krug EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Recommended: 10 Jan 2023

6.

The Book of Hope by Tommi Musturi EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
Description:
In a way that only the medium of comics can, The Book of Hope slows the reader down to the rhythms of the life of a retired couple living in a rural countryside. Behind the static, routine moments of everyday life something bigger takes shape. Encroaching
Genre Comic
Recommended: 10 Jan 2023

7.
The Gambler

The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia


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