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Beschreibung

An exquisitely drawn exploration of three lost souls' emotional terrain

As night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties-a most dangerous age-arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who's already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites-they're all busy or maybe they just don't want to party-but he's determined to make this night something to remember. Victoria is lively and energetic, but surrounded by friends and family who are buzzkills, always worrying about what is best for her. Rodolphe glumly considers his own misery and then suddenly snaps out of it, becoming the life of the party. The three careen through the city's nightlife spots and underbelly, getting ever deeper in the messiness of human existence as they chase pleasure-or at least a few distractions from their daily lives. Each has a series of misadventures that reveal them to be teetering on the edge of despair, of destruction, of becoming the people they'll be for the rest of their lives. The City of Belgium occupies a place between lucid dream and tooth-grinding nightmare.

An exquisitely drawn exploration of three lost souls' emotional terrain

As night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties-a most dangerous age-arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who's already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites-they're all busy or maybe they just don't want to party-but he's determined to make this night something to remember. Victoria is lively and energetic, but surrounded by friends and family who are buzzkills, always worrying about what is best for her. Rodolphe glumly considers his own misery and then suddenly snaps out of it, becoming the life of the party. The three careen through the city's nightlife spots and underbelly, getting ever deeper in the messiness of human existence as they chase pleasure-or at least a few distractions from their daily lives. Each has a series of misadventures that reveal them to be teetering on the edge of despair, of destruction, of becoming the people they'll be for the rest of their lives. The City of Belgium occupies a place between lucid dream and tooth-grinding nightmare.

Über den Autor
Brecht Evens is a Belgian cartoonist living in Paris. The Wrong Place, his first graphic novel, was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Painter. He has since received five more nominations. He has also won the Special Jury Prize in Angoulême for the original edition of his fourth graphic novel The City of Belgium (Les Rigoles). Evens is currently at work on a trilogy, the first chapter of which is titled The Jellyfish King and will be published in Fall 2026.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 16
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Humor, Comics & Cartoons
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781770463424
ISBN-10: 1770463429
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Evens, Brecht
Hersteller: Drawn & Quarterly
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 195 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Brecht Evens
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2021
Gewicht: 1,039 kg
Artikel-ID: 121074239