Worm [graphic novel] : a Cuban American odyssey
Rodriguez, Edel2023
Book
When Fidel Castro opened the Mariel harbour to let Cubans sail for America, Edel Rodriguez and his family took their chance. From the town of El Gabriel to the Mariel port to a rickety shrimping boat bound for Florida, they joined the 1980 boatlift, becoming 'worms', as Castro called the departing Cubans. Years later, Edel Rodriguez has become one of the most prominent political artists of our age, hailed for his iconic work on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world. In stunning visual detail, Worm tells his story - of a boyhood in Cold War Cuba, of a family's courage and displacement and of coming of age as an artist, activist, and American.
Main title:
Worm [graphic novel] : a Cuban American odyssey / Edel Rodriguez.
Author:
Rodriguez, Edel, author, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
Collation:
293 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
InsurrectionEl GabrielThe ideologueThe beretParasiteThe spyThe kitchenChevroletThe planFarewellEl MosquitoThe waitNature boyRefNew York CityThe returnEnemy of the peopleThe big lieThe promise.
ISBN:
9781474616720 (hbk)1474616720 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.2
Language:
English
Subject:
Rodriguez, Edel -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etcCuban American artists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcCuban American authors -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcGraphic artists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcPolitical refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcPolitical socialization -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etcCuba -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etcCuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990 -- Comic books, strips, etcComics (Graphic works)Nonfiction comicsHistorical comicsAutobiographical comics
BRN:
800411
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Graphic Novel | GRA RODR | Available |