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Middle East journey reveals war’s impact and the struggle to tell stories.

Rolling Blackouts

Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    4 October 2016

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Summary

Cartoonist Sarah Glidden follows up her acclaimed debut, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, with Rolling Blackouts, which details her two-month long journey through Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Glidden accompanies her two friends - reporters and founders of a journalistic non-profit - as they research stories on the Iraq War’s effect on the Middle East and, specifically, the war’s refugees. Joining them is a former Marine and childhood friend of one of the journalists …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781770462557
ISBN-10:1770462554
Author:Sarah Glidden
Publisher:Drawn and Quarterly
Imprint:Drawn and Quarterly
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:4 October 2016
Weight:992g
Dimensions:32mm x 169mm x 231mm
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Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden - ISBN: 9781770462557
169 × 231 mm
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A4
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Critics Review

Amid it all, Glidden the storyteller exudes intimacy and warmth both in her tube watercolours and her sometimes confessional persona. And Glidden the knowledge-seeker thinks in much the same way as she paints: forever toward the light. Washington Post. A graphic nonfiction novel of subtlety and understated wit. Entertainment Weekly

About The Author

Sarah Glidden

Sarah Glidden’s debut book, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less landed on several best of the year lists, including Entertainment Weekly; earned a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens distinction; and won an Ignatz Award. A graduate of Boston University, she now lives in Seattle.

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