Mikel: Judith Vanistendael, Mark Bellido - Hardcover

Mark, Judith Vanistendael; Bellido, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910593702 ISBN 13: 9781910593707

Verlag: Abrams and Chronicle Books IWUK, 2019

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A powerful, provocative, and politically charged fictionalized memoir

Mikel lives with his wife and two children in Costur, an idyllic Spanish town surrounded by hills. He has a job selling candy, but Mikel is a dreamer, not a businessman, and money is tight. What’s more, the ordinariness of smalltown life is preventing him from fulfilling a life-long dream: to become a writer.

Seeking both drama and financial security, Mikel takes a job as a bodyguard. His family is soon uprooted to the Basque Country, where Mikel is charged with protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. It is a job that provides drama worthy of the page—but only at the cost of fear, uncertainty, and family breakdown.

In Mikel, author Mark Bellido draws on his own experiences to create a powerful and provocative story about a man who risks everything in the pursuit of a dream.

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Mark Bellido is a Belgian novelist and graphic novel writer. He spent four years protecting Basque politicians from ETA. Judith Vanistendael is a Belgian comics artist. Her books include When David Lost His Voice and Dance by the Light of the Moon.

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Mikel lives with his wife and two children in Costur, an idyllic Spanish town surrounded by hills. He has a job selling confectionary, but Mikel is a dreamer, not a businessman, and money is tight. What’s more, the mundanity of small-town life is preventing him from fulfilling a life-long dream: to become a writer. Seeking both drama and financial security, Mikel takes a job as a bodyguard. His family is soon uprooted to the Basque country, where Mikel is charged with protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. It is a job that provides drama worthy of the pagebut only at the cost of fear, uncertainty and family breakdown.
In Mikel, author Mark Bellido draws on his own experiences to create a powerful and provocative story about a man who risks everything in the pursuit of a dream.

A gripping, emotive graphic novel based on the dramatic life of author Mark Bellido
A timely exploration of the impact of violence, separatism and political turbulence on everyday life
Judith Vanistendael's previous graphic novel, When David Lost His Voice, was praised by The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Salon.com and many others

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Abrams and Chronicle Books IWUK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1910593702
• ISBN 13: 9781910593707
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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