In Chumbo, his new graphic novel, the designer Matthias Lehmann recounts a family and historical fresco over 70 years. An intimate saga, inspired by his own family, which intersects the destinies of characters who cross the modern and complex history of Brazil.
It is a vast historical and family fresco that we devour without stopping, caught up in a romantic breath that never fades. An impressive black and white graphic novel about commitment, corruption and violence. But also matters of the heart and sex, repression and freedom, torture, capitalism and communism, poverty and wealth, music, architecture, football too.
More than 300 black and white pages that take us through 70 years of history of one of the most complex and fascinating countries in the world: Brazil.
An ultra-in-depth and deeply human story. Chumbo, of Matthias Lehmannwas published by Casterman.
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