Yellow negroes and other imaginary creatures 1995-2017 [graphic novel] / Yvan Alagbé ; translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith.
Yellow negroes and other imaginary creatures 1995-2017 [graphic novel] / Yvan Alagbé ; translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith.
Translated Title
:
Nègres jaunes et autres créatures imaginaires.
By
:
Alagbé, Yvan.
Publication Date
:
2018
Publication Information
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New York : The New York Review of Books,
Physical Description
:
109 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Race relations.
Immigrants.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre
:
Graphic non-fiction.
Short stories.
Series
:
NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS
NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS.
Additional Contributors
:
Nicholson-Smith, Donald.
Summary
:
Yvan AlagbÔe one of the most innovative and provocative artists in the world of comics. In the stories gathered in Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures--drawn between 1994 and 2011, and never before available in English--he uses stark, endlessly inventive black-and-white brushwork to explore love and race, oppression and escape. It is both an extraordinary experiment in visual storytelling and an essential, deeply personal political statement. With unsettling power, the title story depicts the lives of undocumented migrant workers in Paris. Alain, a Beninese immigrant, struggles to protect his family and his white girlfriend, Claire, while engaged in a strange, tragic dance of obsession and repulsion with Mario, a retired French Algerian policeman. It is already a classic of alternative comics, and, like the other stories in this collection, becomes more urgent every day
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781681371764
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic Graphic Novel | Adult Non-Fiction Graphic Novel | 741.5944 AL1 | Checked In |