The wolf of Baghdad : memoir of a lost homeland / Carol Isaacs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaacs, Carol (Cartoonist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isaacs, Carol (Cartoonist)--Travel--Iraq--Baghdad--Comic books, strips, etc.

Isaacs, Carol.

Isaacs, Carol (Cartoonist)--Family--Comic books, strips, etc.

Women cartoonists--Comic books, strips, etc.

Women cartoonists.

Jewish women--Comic books, strips, etc.

Jewish women.

Jews--Iraq--Baghdad--Comic books, strips, etc.

Jews.

Stories without words.

Iraq--Baghdad.

Baghdad (Iraq)--Social conditions--Comic books, strips, etc.

Baghdad (Iraq).

Genre:

Stories without words.

Graphic novels.

Autobiographical comics.

Nonfiction comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Myriad Editions, 2020.

Summary:

"In the 1940's a third of Baghdad's population was Jewish. Within a decade nearly all 150,000 had been expelled, killed or had escaped. Transported by the power of music to her ancestral home in the old Jewish quarter of Baghdad, the author encounters its ghost-like inhabitants who are revealed as long-gone family members. As she explores the city, journeying through their memories and her imagination, she at first sees successful integration, and cultural and social cohesion. Then the mood turns darker with the fading of this ancient community's fortunes. The wolf, believed by Baghdadi Jews to protect from harmful demons, sees that Jewish life in Iraq is over, and returns the author safely back to London."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781912408559

1912408554

OCLC:

1090174910

Publisher Number:

99985166168