Habibi

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"Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth-- and frailty-- of their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling" -- dust jacket wrap.

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Stays with you after reading submitted by pkooger on January 12, 2012, 1:40pm Gorgeous, thickly illustrated pages, stories from myth and from the early prophets, a shared love between two children escaped from slavery, and a parable about the evils of the materialistic world. Craig Thompson clearly poured years of his life into this book. I grew up learning stories from the Bible in sunday school, but I never knew that these stories were in the Koran also, sometimes in very slightly different versions. Thompson's illustrations make these stories come to life in a way I haven't experienced since childhood. On the other hand, the main narrative of Habibi is very much an adult story. Parts of it were a little too graphic for my tastes, but overall, I really appreciated Thompson's work. I HIGHLY recommend this book.

5 of 5 stars submitted by cullerth on July 22, 2018, 12:59pm This is so different from Craig Thomson's more well known book, Blankets, but it's just as wonderfully powerful and heartrending. The story is expansive, maintaining a naturally engaging parable-like tone about love & loss & power throughout. The artwork is painstaking & gorgeously detailed. If anything there is so much going on here that I almost felt overwhelmed at times, but that subsided when I realized that all that means is that this is the kind of book you could return to time and again and get new things out of at each pass.

Did not enjoy this one submitted by Jinxyluis on June 18, 2019, 12:32pm I varied from discomfited to angry throughout the reading of this book and ended up finishing largely because I wanted to go into reviews with all the information gathered from reading. I read the bulk of it in a single sitting because I didn’t want to have to pick it back up.