Riad Sattouf, Chloé Cruchaudet, David Sala… Our favorite comics, in a colorful story of fun in the heat and summer sun.
Childhood
Military parents, Spanish republican grandfathers and resistance fighters… In an album of stunning beauty, with dazzling colors and different techniques (watercolor, gouache, pastel), David Sala mixes the intimate and the epic to tell his childhood in the 1970s. and the need to remember without being overwhelmed.
The gravity of the characters, by David Sala, Casterman Editions, 176 p., €24
Travel
Why do we travel? This is the question that this story asks with the drawers staged to great effect. In Indonesia, a French family meets an old adventurer who entrusts them with the sunny and tragic fate of some of his friends who decided to live at sea but crossed paths with pirates…
HeadwindBy Nicole Augereau, Gregory Jarry and Lucy Castel, Delcourt Editions, 152 p., €29.95
Books
This highly entertaining history of comics literature takes a selection of biographical anecdotes and humorous shortcuts to clear the stars of Lagarde and Mishard, taking an interest in both the spiritualism practiced by Victor Hugo and the connections between Marguerite Duras and François Mitterrand.
The Incredible History of French Literature By Catherine Morey and Philippe Bercovici, Éditions Les Arènes, 352 p., €25.
Heroine
In this seventh volume, Esther, Riyad Satuf’s beloved character, enters high school. The author continues to dazzle with humor and relevance, we know about teenage concerns, but also rituals and customs, while commerce and smoking are rampant, but also Covid, and let’s start asking Esther about her future.
Les Cahiers d’Esther, stories about my 16th birthdayBy Riad Sattouf, Allary Editions, 56 p., €17.90.
Our beloved
On the occasion of the centenary of Marcel Proust’s death, Chloë Kruschode offers us a portrait of the famous writer, but above all, Celeste Albare. He was only 21 years old when he entered his service in 1913 and remained with him until his death in 1922. It slipped easily from the real to the phantom, from the Grand Hôtel de Cabourg to Parisian nights, from pantries to groceries. Reception Rooms, this album delicately captures the bond between Proust and Celeste, the cozy atmosphere of the era, while shedding light behind the scenes of the creation of one of the 20th century’s greatest works.
Celeste: Of course, Mr. Proustfirst part, Chloé Cruchaudet, Éditions Soleil, 116 p., €18.95
Source: Le Figaro
