{"id":47710,"date":"2021-01-19T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47710"},"modified":"2021-01-15T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:52:05","slug":"the-adoption-by-zidrou-illustrated-by-arno-monin-translated-by-jeremy-melloul-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-adoption-by-zidrou-illustrated-by-arno-monin-translated-by-jeremy-melloul-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adoption by Zidrou, illustrated by Arno Monin, translated by Jeremy Melloul [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47714\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Adoption-Zidrou-BookDragon-607x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Adoption-Zidrou-BookDragon-607x800.jpg 607w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Adoption-Zidrou-BookDragon.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThey wanted to start a family, and now they\u2019ve destroyed one,\u201d Gabriel laments. When that family \u2013 including his closest friends \u2013 all gathered for a surprise party for his 75th birthday, Gabriel was still a grandfather to beloved Qinaya, adopted by his son, Alain, and daughter-in-law, Lynette, from Arequipa, Peru, after a devastating 8.4 earthquake. Gabriel had initially been the most reticent about the adorable 4-year-old, but he quickly became the most attached.\u00a0And then the party ends in utter shock: Alain is arrested for kidnapping, and Qinaya is returned to Peru while the rest of the family falls apart.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel holds on to two words in Aymaran, his granddaughter\u2019s native language: achachi (grandfather) and qinaya (cloud \u2013 ethereal and fleeting). Unmoored and bereft, Gabriel eventually travels from France to Peru, where he meets a Belgian stranger who is also seeking someone missing. Somehow, the unlikely pair will help each other find some semblance of healing.<\/p>\n<p>Zidrou\u2019s unforgettable narrative is made utterly spectacular in glorious full color by award-winning artist Arno Monin. While realistically memorializing the bonds of family \u2013 \u201ctoo much love\u201d \u2013 Zidrou makes plain the fallacies of the great-white-savior complex especially associated with transnational adoption. Remarkably combining both raw expos\u00e9 and familial affirmation, and supremely elevated by Monin\u2019s artwork, Zidrou\u2019s stupendous narrative \u2013 translated into English by Jeremy Melloul, from its original French \u2013 is a graphic gift to Anglophone readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/The-Adoption-\/pid=9742720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Graphic Novels,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, January 1 &amp; 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>:\u00a0 2016-2017 (France), 2021 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW \u201cThey wanted to start a family, and now they\u2019ve destroyed one,\u201d Gabriel laments. 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