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Papaya salad  Cover Image Book Book

Papaya salad / written and illustrated by Elisa Macellari ; English-language translation, Carla Roncalli Di Montorio.

Macellari, Elisa, (writer,, illustrator.).

Summary:

The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781506719139
  • ISBN: 1506719139
  • Physical Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translated from the Italian.
Subject: Macellari, Elisa > Family > Comic books, strips, etc.
Great-uncles > Comic books, strips, etc.
Thais > Italy > Comic books, strips, etc.
Military education > Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Biographical comics.
Coming-of-age comics.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels, Italian.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sitka.

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Castlegar Public Library GN FIC MAC (Text) 35146002234375 Graphic Novel Fiction Volume hold Available -


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