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Aya : life in Yop City / Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abouet, Marguerite, 1971- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Aya de Yopougon. 1-3. English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage girls--Côte d'Ivoire--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Teenage girls.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Côte d'Ivoire.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Social conditions--1960---Comic books, strips, etc.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Social life and customs--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Life in Yop City
- Place of Publication:
- [Montreal] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation--an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa--seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wry soap opera revolving around the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City."--Cover.
- Notes:
- First paperback edition published in 2012.
- "Originally published in English by Drawn & Quarterly in three hardcover editions in 2007, 2008, and 2009."--Title page verso.
- Compilation of the first three books in the Aya series, published in English under the titles: Aya, Aya of Yop City and Aya : the secrets come out. Originally published in French as volumes 1-3 of Aya de Youpougon.
- Includes "Ivorian bonus."
- Local Notes:
- Comics 506 : Purchased for the Penn Libraries from Jessica Abel and Matt Madden in 2026.
- ISBN:
- 9781770460829
- 1770460829
- OCLC:
- 957000722
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