Harlem

Mikael

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NBM Publishing Company
16 April 2024

Historical fiction; Graphic novels

"Harlem, 1931. In the heart of the Great Depression, invention is the mother of necessity to make ends meet.

St

phanie 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, Mika

l 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."

By: Mikael
Imprint: NBM Publishing Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 304mm,
ISBN: 9781681123288
ISBN 10: 1681123282
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 16 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

An autodidact, French artist Mikael, adoptive of French Canada, has illustrated award winning children' s books and created graphic novels since 2001. Among his awards are 2 Grand Prizes of the City of Quebec (2015, 2016) and a special mention of the jury for youth at Ouessant, France. Since 2006 he has turned to adult comics, some in collaboration with other writers and artists. He is the author of the highly acclaimed 'Giant.'

Reviews for Harlem

"HARLEM by Mika�l won a MoCCA Festival Award of Excellence. ""Everything about this stylish drama is potently mythic and tragically foredoomed in a sincerely Shakespearean manner as it completes the auteur's epic and ambitious New York Trilogy."" --Now Read This!"

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Mikael

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