Riad Sattouf: "My British Family"
If you are an avid reader of this blog, Riad Sattouf is no longer a stranger to you. He was a the Institut Français last April, to present his graphic novel The Arab of the Future translated by Sam Taylor and published by Two Roads. You can read his portrait here and the podcast of his interview is available here!
How come he is topical again?
Because an excerpt from his book features in an article from The Guardian: "Ahead of the European referendum, we asked leading authors and thinkers from EU countries to write letters to Britain. Do they want us to stay, or are they ready to say goodbye?".
... Told ya he was a leading author! Here is the chosen comic strip:
To read the full article from The Guardian, and the moving texts by Elena Ferrante (Italy), Javier Marías (Spain), Timur Vermes (Germany), Anne Enright (Ireland), Yanis Varoufakis (Greece), Jonas Jonasson (Sweden), Kapka Kassabova (Bulgaria), Slavoj Žižek (Slovenia), and Cees Nooteboom (The Netherlands), please do follow this link!