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The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis
其他書名
A Graphic Novel
出版
Oxford University Press
, 2018-04-19
主題
Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons
Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
ISBN
0192768565
9780192768568
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iNRLtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's father - a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed - works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannotread or write. One day, he is arrested for having forbidden books, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food.As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.Deborah Ellis's beloved novel has been adapted for film by Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions in association with Angelina Jolie's production company, jolie pas productions. The animated feature film, directed by Nora Twomey, will launch in the UK in 2018.