Two Brothers

Description

Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub, 'the good son,' is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him, his tensions with Omar unchanged. Based on a work by acclaimed novelist Milton Hatoum, Two Brothers is stunningly reimagined by the award-winning graphic novelists Fbio Moon and Gabriel Ba.

Multiple Eisner Award winners Fabio and Gabriel were born in S o Paulo in June 5th, 1976 and have, in one way or another, been telling stories ever since. Now, they tell stories doing comic books and graphic novels (which are essencially the same thing). They are Brazil's very own WONDER TWINS.

"The creative chemistry of the cartoonists is as strong as the rivalry between the brothers at the heart of Hatoum's story, and their sincere reverence for the source material enriches the narrative as it's translated to a visual medium. The emphasis on environment, combined with Ba's highly animated character work, draws the reader deep into this world, gorgeously reinterpreting Hatoum's novel while maintaining the spirit of his work." -The Onion - A.V. Club