{"product_id":"listen-beautiful-marcia-hardcover-by-marcello-quintanilha","title":"Listen, Beautiful Márcia Hardcover by Marcello Quintanilha","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-05-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e128\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781683967774\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eListen, Beautiful Márcia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMárcia 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 neighborhood gang, leading to violent altercations between mother and daughter. The situation degenerates even more when Jaqueline is arrested. Márcia and Aluisio, distraught, realize that Jaqueline is in deeper trouble than they ever thought.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eListen, Beautiful Márcia\u003c\/i\u003eis a fast-paced, flamboyantly colorful 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcello Quintanilha\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1971 outside Rio de Janeiro. His first graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eTungsteno\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2015, was adapted for film by director Heitor Dhalia. He has lived in Barcelona since 2002.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator who has worked on a variety of novels and graphic narratives in Spanish and Portuguese. Her translations of the graphic novels \u003ci\u003eRun For It\u003c\/i\u003e by Marcelo D’Salete and \u003ci\u003eThe House\u003c\/i\u003e by Paco Roca won Eisner Awards in 2018 and 2020, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556385607841,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781683967774","price":38.94,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781683967774.jpg?v=1781813460","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/listen-beautiful-marcia-hardcover-by-marcello-quintanilha","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}