A Remarkable Recounting of a Human Journey Through an Inhumane World
“[A] stupendous testimony of survival.”
―starred review, Booklist
“An incredible story about maintaining hope despite facing overwhelming odds.”
―starred review, Foreword Reviews
“This work powerfully brings home for readers the horrors of this global crisis and the impossible choices migrants must make.”
―starred review, Publishers Weekly
Captivating and deeply moving, Hakim’s Odyssey is the critically acclaimed true story of one Syrian refugee’s flight from that war-torn country to what should be a new life in Europe. It lays bare the realities of war and the tremendous effects that the policies of wealthy nations and the attitudes of their people have on the lives of the displaced and dispossessed.
Alternately heart-warming and heart-wrenching, Hakim’s Odyssey is necessary reading for our times.
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HAKIM'S ODYSSEY TRILOGY
Published by GRAPHIC MUNDI
Written by: Fabien Toulme, Hanna Chute (translator)
Illustrated by: Fabien Toulme
ISBN: 9781637790311 / 9781637790083 / 9781637790007
Price: $29.95 USD, $39.99 CAD, £25.95 GBP, €30.95 EUR
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir / Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
Page Count: 272 / 264 / 256 pages
Format: Hardcover
Volume 1 – 3 Available Now!
Creator Bio(s)
Fabien Toulmé (born 1980 in Orléans) is a French comic book writer and illustrator.
Originally trained as an engineer, he became known to the wider public for his autobiographical graphic novel, Ce n’est pas toi que j’attendais (“It’s not you I was waiting for”), in which he describes his personal struggle with his second daughter being born with Down Syndrome.
He is also know for his work Les Deux Vies de Baudouin and has published the Hakim’s Odyssey trilogy, translations of which are forthcoming from Graphic Mundi.
You can read Foreword Reviews interview with Fabien HERE.
TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL: Family Ties -- Personal and Global Conflicts in Comics
Whether it’s a deeply personal issue like facing an eating disorder, or a global issue like war or immigration, it will affect not only you but also your family. How do personal and global conflicts impact our own identities and our family relationships? Join Maggie Edkins Willis (Smaller Sister), Fabien Toulmé (Hakim’s Odyssey), and Dave Ortega (Días de Consuelo) as they explore family relationships and identity in comics.
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