Omschrijving
Amélie is a brilliant woman trapped in the restricting social mores
of high Dutch society in the mid-16th century. Her marriage to Hans,
a swashbuckling merchant, is a terrible match. While he charms
the townsfolk, at home he is her intellectual inferior and treats
her with cruelty and sexual violence. Expected to be a devoted
housewife, Amélie can only be her true, free-spirited self when
Hans travels away on business — when she can explore the town
alone, lose herself in literature, and study winged animals to learn
about the mechanics of flight. She looks to the skies and dreams
of flying far away. Her life changes when Hans returns from his journey
with Sahara, a slave mistress from a distant land. The two women are
drawn to each other — each recognizing their confinement in a world
dominated by men — and work together to seek their freedom.
Told as a fiercely feminist story and spectacularly illustrated, Raging
Clouds is the dazzling graphic novel debut of Korean comic book
artist Yudori. In her lush manga style, Yudori imagines the period in rich
detail with careful attention to settings and costumes, while evoking
the cultural and societal standards of the time. She creates complex
women characters who grapple with indignity over their social position,
engage in lustful fantasies, and ultimately relish in seizing agency in
their lives. Raging Clouds is a powerful story about the role of women
in society, the reality of existing within a non-consensual relationship,
and the struggle to push back against the boundaries these women
have been boxed into.