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FUEYE
Fueye tells the story of European immigration to Argentina and all the social, political and cultural development that occurred in the country, thus looking at the history of Argentina from the 20s to the 60s. Tango, prostitution, the Mafia, political hygienism and the people’s socio-political problems are the main issues Jorge González addressed in this graphic novel.
1916. A ship sets sail from Italy and navigates for 35 days. Inside it, hundreds of Italians and other European citizens who will arrive in Buenos Aires. Here begins the story of Antonino Dufour, Italian, son of French and Italian, and his eight-year-old son Horace.
In Buenos Aires they will meet bandoneonist Vicente “Gordo” Rial, who will lead Horacio to know the lives of tango dancers, prostitutes and members of the mafia.
We will follow Horacio’s childhood and youth, his aspirations to leave the lower class and reach a better-off, more powerful level, until his adult life in the 60s.
Fueye is also the history of tango. It's the music of the port, of nostalgia, of gossip, of loneliness and of alienation of immigrants.