Mikael - Harlem - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Harlem 1931. In the heart of the Great Depression invention is the mother of necessity to make ends meet. Stephanie St. Clair known as Queenie' had already understood this when she landed in New York almost twenty years before. Inventiveness when you are a woman and you are black is much more than a necessity. It's a question of survival. In a few years this young immigrant West Indian servant freed herself from the weight of ancestral servitude. Even better she created her own American dream: the underground Harlem numbers game. Hers is an ascent that makes people cringe both with the local authorities and the white mafia. Dutch Schultz aka. the Dutchman an unscrupulous mafioso intends to take control of the kingdom of the Frenchy. But that's without taking into account the determination and impetuosity of Queenie whose heavy past continues to guide her steps After the critically acclaimed Giant and Bootblack Mikael takes us to the Harlem of the prohibition for the final chapter of his New York triptych in sumptuous chiaroscuro to meet a woman as strong as she is enigmatic.
Title: Harlem
Author(s): Mikael
Publisher: Nbm Publishing Company
Barcode: 9781681123288
Pages: 128 Pages, 128 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/16/2024
Category: Graphic Novels