Omschrijving
In 1947, the author's grandfather, Arsène Schrauwen, traveled
across the ocean to a mysterious, dangerous jungle colony at the
behest of his cousin. Together they would build something deemed
impossible: a modern utopia in the wilderness — but not before
Arsène falls in love with his cousin's wife, Marieke. Whether delirious
from love or a fever-inducing jungle virus, Arsène's loosening
grip on reality is mirrored by the graphic novel reader's uncertainty
of what is imagined or real by Arsène. This first full-length
graphic novel from the critically acclaimed Olivier Schrauwen is an
engrossing, sometimes funny, slightly surreal and often beautiful
narrative.
Originally released in 2014, Arsène Schrauwen heralded the then
largely-unknown-to-English-readers Olivier Schrauwen as a major voice
in international comics — a reputation that has only gained momentum
over the ensuing decade with releases like 2024’s Sunday.