Road to America
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Published: June 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781896597522
Subjects: Graphic Novels; Graphic Novels - General; Comics & Graphic Novels; Fiction; Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary
First sentence: 1955... PHILIPPEVILLE (NOW CALLED SKIKDA), A SMALL TOWN IN EASTERN ALGERIA...
Description: Set in colonial Algeria in the 1950s, two Arab brothers wander the narrow streets of the capital. Tearing the family apart with their loyalties and ambitions, one brother goes underground and joins the fight for his country's freedom from French rule. The other brother takes to the boxing ring and makes a career of fighting with his fists that will make him a European sensation.