Nicolas Wild
Auteur van Kabul Disco, Book 1: How I Managed Not to be Abducted in Afghanistan
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1977-01-01
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- France
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- 8
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- 105
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- #183,191
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- 3.6
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- 4
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- 20
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- 4
Based on the author’s experience as a comic book artist and graphic designer in Afghanistan in 2005, this was an interesting look at the country through a French expat’s eyes. I liked Wild’s observational humor, and the artwork was really good.
Even though my own experience living abroad was quite different—I taught English in Bogotá in 1994—there were elements of the narrative that resonated and made me nostalgic. Living in another country has such surreal moments, and Wild captured that several times in the midst of his larger story.
I was glad he included the excerpts at the end from his first assignment, a comic book series designed to teach lessons about the country’s constitution. It was neat to see.
I was left a bit unsatisfied by his abrupt ending, and also because there was no real explanation why he stayed on with Zendagui Media when they started doing propaganda art for the Afghan army. It was clear he wasn’t comfortable with it, but he still stayed, presumably because he wanted to lengthen his stay.
If you’re a fan of autobiographical graphic novels and travel narratives, you should take this one for a spin.… (meer)