Alpha

Comics & Graphic Novels

Bessora

Graphic Novels

The Bucket List

Alpha Coulibaly is emblematic of the refugee crisis today - just one of millions on the move, at the mercy of people traffickers, endlessly frustrated, endangered and exploited as he attempts to rejoin his family, already in Europe. With a visa, Alpha's journey would take a matter of hours; without one he is adrift for eighteen months. Along the way he meets an unforgettable cast of characters, each one giving another human face to the crisis. The book is presented in graphic novel format, with artwork created in cheap felt-tip pen and wash, materials Alpha himself might be able to access. Bringing together prize-winning novelist Bessora and award-winning artist Barroux, this is a timely and important account of one man's desperate journey and comes to the UK market with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo. Supported by Amnesty International and English PEN Association.

Doctors Without Borders Prize PEN Promotes Award GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist Library Journal “Best Book of the Year” selection School Library Journal “Best Adult Book 4 Teens” selection Comics Journal “Best Comic of the Year” selection
“Barroux’s raw illustrations and Bessora’s matter-of-fact text express the inhumanity at the heart of the refugee crisis.” ―School Library Journal “Best Adult Book 4 Teens” citation
Alpha's wife and son left Côte d'Ivoire months ago to join his sister-in-law in Paris, but Alpha has heard nothing from them since. With a visa, Alpha's journey to reunite with his family would take a matter of hours. Without one, he is adrift for over a year, encountering human traffickers in the desert, refugee camps in northern Africa, overcrowded boats carrying migrants between the Canary Islands and Europe's southern coast, and an unforgettable cast of fellow travelers lost and found along the way. Throughout, Alpha stays the course, carrying his loved ones' photograph close to his heart as he makes his perilous trek across continents.
Featuring emotive, full-color artwork created in felt-tip pen and wash, Alpha is an international award–winning graphic novel supported by Amnesty International that received the PEN Promotes Award and Doctors Without Borders Prize, and was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. The U.S. edition is sponsored by Le Korsa, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving human lives in Senegal.
Bessora is an award-winning writer of Swiss, German, French, Polish, and Gabonese heritage whose work has been anthologized in Best European Fiction.
Barroux is a French graphic artist who spent much of his childhood in North Africa and whose illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Forbes.

Alpha: Abidjan to Paris

Bellevue Literary Press

Alpha vit seul à Abidjan depuis que sa femme et son fils sont partis sans visa pour Paris, Gare du Nord. La rage au coeur, il décide de tout quitter pour les retrouver. C'est toujours mieux que de pourrir sur place. Plusieurs trajets sont possibles, des années de voyage en perspective... Sur les interminables routes de poussière, l'aventure se construit au gré de ses rencontres, inoubliables. De passeurs malhonnêtes en routes désertiques, de camps de réfugiés en canots surchargés, envers et contre tout, Alpha garde le cap : Gare du Nord.

Alpha: Abidjan-Gare du Nord (French Edition)

BARROUX

GALLIMARD BD

Petroleum de Bessora

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

MARGOULINE

53 cm (LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE)

J'Ai Lu

Vous, les ancêtres

LATTES

53 cm (FICTION FRANCAI)

Serpent à plumes

Les Taches d'Encre - Bessora (French Edition)

SERPENT A PLUME

"La cat' du Gymnasium est un signe d'intégration : comme la cat' de séjour, elle prouve qu'on a le nombre de millimètres qu'il faut".\nOù Zara, sa petite Marie Crevette, et la girafe en peluche de cette dernière, débarquent sur les bords de la Seine pour étudier les étranges Gaulois. 
Réédition d'un premier roman salué par la critique et les lecteurs.

53 cm - Roman - Bessora

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