For the first time, Tres con libros is committed to comics and does so with one of the most important autobiographical comic book artists of the last decade, Zeina Abirached. We take advantage of the launch of The oriental piano (Salamandra Graphic) and the author's visit to the Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo to focus on this genre that has produced so many cartoonists in the Mediterranean in recent years.
We will be joined by the artist Abel Ippólito in the sharing of the work.
The oriental piano by Zeina Abirached (Salamandra Graphic, 2016)
"Set in Beirut in the 1960s, Zeina Abirached is inspired by her great-grandfather's quest to create a 'bilingual' piano that would allow him to play the quarter tones of Eastern melodies on the Western instrument". (Salamandra Graphic)
Zeina Abirached (Beirut, 1981). See his biography on the Salamandra Graphic website.
READING PROGRAMME
Week of 3 to 7 October 2016*.
Delivery of the copy.
Wednesday, 26 October 2016*.
19.30 h. Conversation with Zeina Abirached
Lebanese cartoonist presents her latest work published in Spanish 'The oriental piano'. (Salamandra Graphic) and will be in conversation with Paco Cerrejón, director of the Institute of Culture and Arts of Seville (ICAS).
More information at this link.
Thursday, 3 November 2016*.
18.00 h. Reading club session. Sharing of the work and exchange of ideas with the cartoonist Abel Ippólito as special guest, who will introduce us to the world of comics in the first part of the session.
Abel Ippólito (Lorca. Murcia, 1969). Comic author. He has published three titles and several national publications. He received a grant from the Japanese publishing house Kodansha to spend a year in Tokyo and is convinced that comics are one of the best ways of telling stories and reaching people.
*Dates subject to change depending on the needs of the club.
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- How to join the Three with Books book club.
- The library of Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo has a batch of 30 copies of this title for collective loan.
- In our library specialised you can find all the works of Zeina Abirached published in English.
- Access the magazine cultures number 5 'Art and culture in the Middle Eastwhere Zeina Abirached was commissioned by the Fundación Tres Culturas to illustrate the cover with her vision of 'The World of Arts' and the comic strip that closes the magazine 'I have two mother tongues' (p. 110-111).
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