Bibliograph

Muchacho, Lepage ; translation, Montana Kane, Volume 1

Type

Label

Muchacho, Lepage ; translation, Montana Kane, Volume 1

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated M

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Muchacho

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lepage ; translation, Montana Kane

Summary

In 1976 Nicaragua "Tacit" Somoza rules the small Central American country with the support of the ruthless Guardia. The son of a powerful family from the capital, Managua, Gabriel is a young priest with an incredible talent for sacred art. He is sent to enhance his painting skills with Ruben, a priest in San Juan--a little village located at the base of a mountain. Despite his difficulty integrating with the villagers due to his father's reputation, Gabriel slowly gets to know them and, eventually, to love them. Encouraged by Ruben, he paints the villagers. He paints them as they are--men and women of flesh and blood. But Gabriel is soon witness to acts of military repression of the locals. It doesn't take long for him and the villagers to get swept away in these times of growing rebellion and smoldering revolution. Artistic passion, romantic passion, revolutionary passion. Passion courses through the pages of Muchacho, a two-part series. Here is part one

Target audience

adult

Classification