Habibi book craig thompson6/20/2023 We meet our heroes, Dodola and Zam as young orphaned children, connected by tragic circumstances. We see evidence of a fallen civilization on the brink of an environmental disaster, and the haunting degeneration of humanity. Habibi transports us to a fictional yet strangely familiar time and place, which feels almost post apocalyptic. Only this time, the tale is grander, deeper, and much more layered. By contrast, Habibi is a fictional tale, which shares to some extent Blanket’s themes of love, religion and sex. It is a stark contrast to Thompson’s previous mammoth novel, Blankets, a much gentler and highly personal autobiographical story about Thompson’s childhood, growing up in a very religious household while trying to navigate the guilt and wonder of sex and a first love. This book truly is an artistic masterpiece, an overload of obsessive details and rich visual content.
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