Listen, Beautiful Marcia

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By Marcello Quintanilha

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Listen, Beautiful Márcia follows Márcia, a nurse living in a favela near Rio de Janeiro with her boyfriend and daughter, Jaqueline. The story explores the turbulent relationship between mother and daughter as Jaqueline becomes involved with a local gang, leading to violent conflicts and her eventual arrest. The graphic novel deeply delves into family struggles, loyalty, and survival in a vivid, fast-paced narrative.
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This graphic novel is suited for readers interested in intense family dramas, social issues within urban Brazil, and fans of crime and suspense narratives in graphic form.

Listen, Beautiful Márcia is a gripping story about a family pushed to the brink. This English language debut was the 2022 "Fauve d'Or" winner at the 2022 Angoulême Comics Festival.

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Márcia is a nurse in a hospital near Rio and lives in a favela with her boyfriend, Aluisio, and her daughter, Jaqueline, whom she had very young with another man. Jaqueline, a troubled young adult, makes life difficult for her mother and Aluisio and rebelliously hangs out with members of a neighbourhood gang, leading to violent altercations between mother and daughter. The situation degenerates even more when Jaqueline is arrested. Márcia and Aluisio, distraught, realise that Jaqueline is in deeper trouble than they ever thought.

Listen, Beautiful Márcia is a fast-paced, flamboyantly colourful new graphic novel by one of the most important Brazilian graphic novelists working today. Marcello Quintanilha's first English-language graphic novel is a tour de force - a tightly wound drama filled with masterful suspense and a deep love for family and character.

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Listen, Beautiful Márcia is described as a crime drama elevated by its profound humanity, with Márcia's strong personality transcending typical genre limits, according to "Slings & Arrows".

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683967774

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 128 Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Andrea Rosenberg
Translated by Andrea Rosenberg

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 317.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Marcello Quintanilha was born in 1971 outside Rio de Janeiro. His first graphic novel, Tungsteno, published in 2015, was adapted for film by director Heitor Dhalia. He has lived in Barcelona since 2002. Andrea Rosenberg is a translator who has worked on a variety of novels and graphic narratives in Spanish and Portuguese. Her translations of the graphic novels Run For It by Marcelo D'Salete and The House by Paco Roca won Eisner Awards in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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