{"id":15149,"date":"2011-09-28T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=15149"},"modified":"2014-05-17T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T19:06:32","slug":"habibi-by-craig-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/habibi-by-craig-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Habibi by Craig Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/Habibi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27950\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/Habibi.jpg\" alt=\"Habibi\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dootdootgarden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Craig Thompson<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>Habibi<\/em> hit shelves last week (official release date was last Tuesday, September 20), I guess the secret of its magnificence is out &#8230; in some inexplicable fit of utter possessiveness, I&#8217;ve been holding on to the galley which arrived in June (and was consumed without pause upon receipt).<\/p>\n<p>So awestruck am I that only clich\u00e9d phrases spurt forth: the sweeping sands of time (always wanted to use that one!), timeless love story, larger-than-life, epic journey. Indeed,\u00a0<em>Habibi<\/em>\u00a0is all that, but minus the babbling clich\u00e9s.\u00a0With gorgeous panes in constant flowing motion over almost 700 pages, Thompson creates a shocking, unforgettable original for sure.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Truly less is more here, so a few early details are all I will divulge (I don&#8217;t want to be responsible for ruining your personal discovery). At 9, a girl is sold in marriage to a much older man who teaches her to read and write, then witnesses his murder. Three years later, she&#8217;s living in an abandoned boat in the desert, mother to a little boy clearly not hers by birth. Their stories will eventually separate\u00a0\u2013 and each will live through so much\u00a0\u2013 and unexpectedly intertwine &#8230; and then repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson superbly weaves in the overlapping narratives of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity (subtle, yet effective reminders of a shared heritage that should unite, not divide), and the everyday power of storytelling, from bedtime tales\u00a0to fanciful myths\u00a0to lifesaving epics. He&#8217;s also got a few things to say about gender inequality, slavery and other examples of\u00a0man&#8217;s inhumanity, and the cruelty of uncontrollable circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>History, religion, sociology all effortlessly combined with a &#8216;larger-than-life epic journey of a timeless love story&#8217; &#8230; oh &#8230; and all that &#8216;set amidst the sweeping sands of time.&#8217; HA! Got to say that twice!<\/p>\n<p>The secret is most definitely out:\u00a0<em>Habibi<\/em>\u00a0is not to be missed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Craig Thompson&#8216;s\u00a0Habibi hit shelves last week (official release date was last Tuesday, September 20), I guess the secret of its magnificence is out &#8230; in some inexplicable fit of utter possessiveness, I&#8217;ve been holding on to the galley which arrived in June (and was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,73,86,60],"tags":[82,32,6608,1228,10,438,2240,68,51,13,55,146],"class_list":["post-15149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-fiction","category-graphic-novel-manga-manwha","category-middle-eastern","category-nonethnic-specific","tag-adoption","tag-adventure","tag-bookdragon","tag-craig-thompson","tag-family","tag-folklore-legend-myth","tag-habibi","tag-haves-vs-have-nots","tag-identity","tag-love","tag-religious-differences","tag-slavery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Habibi by Craig Thompson - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/habibi-by-craig-thompson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Habibi by Craig Thompson - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since Craig Thompson&#8216;s\u00a0Habibi hit shelves last week (official release date was last Tuesday, September 20), I guess the secret of its magnificence is out &#8230; 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