Juliette: Or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring

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Me declaro fan máximo de Camile Jourdy y en concreto de esta historia. De hecho, a fecha de hoy, considero que es una de las mejores novelas gráficas que he leído. Directamente incluido en mi estantería de "joyitas". If you'd like to join thousands of readers who help make independent journalism possible, consider joining Tyee Builders. Thank you. Since Camille Jourdy finished her education in Fine Arts, this French author divides her time between her works as illustrator of children´s books and her true passion: comic creation. In the broadest terms, Léonie Bischoff’s “ Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies” can be read as a comic book biography of its subject. Drawing primarily on Nin’s “ Henry and June” and “ Incest,” it retells the stories of several of her most famous sexual and romantic entanglements. More important, though, it attempts to make sense of Nin’s effort to conceive of herself as a writer, often over the protestations of the men in her life.

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Juliette" est une chronique douce-amère d'une famille comme les autres, l'histoire un peu banale -mais belle parce que banale- de ses membres qui tanguent et qui s'accrochent malgré leur mal de vivre. Her very first contribution to the graphic narrative world takes place in 2004, when her first comic is published; Une araignée, des tagliatelles et au lit, tu parles d´une vie. This work shows a firm experimental vocation, where Jourdy plays with the narrative possibilities of the media. Si les dessins sont tout en rondeur, si les couleurs sont pastels et recèlent un charme un peu désuet, force est de constater que chez " Juliette" tout n'est pas si tendre, si doux; au contraire. Cette histoire, qui coule tout doucement, comme le temps et et la vie qui passent, sans trop de bruits ou de grands fracas, de tragédie est faite de souffrances, de silences qui font mal, de rendez-vous manqués et de poésie aussi.

Juliette by Camille Jourdy, translated by Aleshia Jensen - CBC.ca Juliette by Camille Jourdy, translated by Aleshia Jensen - CBC.ca

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Juliette The Guardian raves about upcoming graphic novel Juliette

Juliette ne va pas bien. D'aucuns pourraient dire qu'elle est dépressive, puisqu'il faut étiqueter les gens comme les bocaux de confiture. Elle traîne perpétuellement un air un peu triste, un peu paumé et s'inquiète constamment de son coeur qui bat trop vite. Ou pas assez. Elle décide donc de quitter Paris pour rentrer passer un peu de temps chez son père, sorte de Pierrot lunaire cynique et solitaire, rendu morose par un divorce difficile.La tribu ne serait pas complète sans la mère qui a refait sa vie. Plusieurs fois. En ce moment, c'est avec un hippie, mais ça pourrait aussi bien être avec un banquier. Ce qu'elle veut, elle, c'est de la légèreté, du rire. Ce que son ex-mari ne lui donnait pas. A regular of the local dive bar, Polux mostly whiles away the hours drifting into the lassitude of drink, spending his days with the occasional hook up and silly bets, seemingly dissolving into a state of permanent ennui.