Les Cahiers d'Esther, Histoires de mes 10 ans by Riad Sattouf
This is an unusual project: Esther, a real life 10 year old girl writes a little snippet about her life each week, and Riad Sattouf translates it into a comic format. It's not as lighthearted as it sounds. I actually found it heavy going and somewhat depressing: Esther is by no means an unhappy girl, but the surroundings she describes are representative of a part of our modern culture that I find shallow and sad. To know that this is what most 10 year olds get exposed to is somewhat disheartening. Or maybe I'm just an old fart.
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