My vast world

LES GRANDS ESPACES

★This work was selected as a finalist at the 46th Angoulême Comics Festival and has been published in France, Germany, the UK and Spain, winning high praise.
★This is Catherine Meurice's autobiographical masterpiece, the first cartoonist member of the French Academy of Fine Arts. It uses a fresh and lively style to tell the interesting daily life in the countryside.
This is also a story about a modern woman's coming-of-age. A richly artistic family atmosphere, parents with a passion for gardening, and the vast, free countryside allow two sisters to grow up nurtured by literature and nature. They learn to use a lighthearted and humorous attitude to counter the derogatory and disciplinary actions of others, and live their own expansive lives.
"I grew up in the countryside, and my childhood dreams were all about nature."
To raise my sister and me, my parents left the city and moved us to the countryside. My father said the countryside would bring us good luck. Our new home was a dilapidated farm, but my parents transformed it into a garden that rivaled the Palace of Versailles. Our farm was a treasure trove; statues, bones, nails, and cow dung dug from the ground were displayed in our family museum. Beneath the trees, we read Proust and Zola, feeling the vastness and freedom of nature. My mother said there were no things we could leave as a legacy except roses and trees. Thus, we grew freely and sang tenderly alongside the trees and flowers...

2022-10-01

四川美术出版社

Youth and Ma Culture

96

9787574000988