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CONTENTS

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THRILLER/CRIME

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- DUST – SONJA DELZONGLE

HIGHLIGHT

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-SIX FOURMIS BLANCHES – SANDRINE COLLETTE

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- DELTA CHARLIE DELTA – LAURENT GUILLAUME

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EROTICA

- ALICE – EMMA BECKER

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- LE DROIT CHEMIN – SACHA GELLMAN

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COMMERCIAL FICTION

- MOI, AMÉLIE, DERNIÈRE REINE DE PORTUGAL – STÉPHANE BERN

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LITERARY FICTION

- SUITE FRANÇAISE – IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY

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NEW EDITION

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- JOUR DE FEU – RENÉ BARJAVEL

NEW EDITION

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- MILLE REGRETS – ELSA TRIOLET

NEW EDITION

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► SCIENCE FICTION - LE PARADOXE DE FERMI – JEAN-PIERRE BOUDINE

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- TROIS OBOLES POUR CHARON – FRANCK FERRIC

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BIOGRAPHIES

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- CHANEL & CO – MARIE-DOMINIQUE LELIÈVRE

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- DOUBLE DIOR – ISABELLE RABINEAU

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HUMOUR

- MILLE-FAILLES – FRANÇOIS CARRÉ

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► GRAPHIC NOVELS - MOI, ASSASSIN – ALTARRIBA / KEKO

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- SUKKWAN ISLAND – UGO BIENVENU

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HIGHLIGHT

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- SUITE FRANÇAISE – EMMANUEL MOYNOT - UNE SI JOLIE PETITE GUERRE – MARCELINO TRUONG

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► ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - BOURRASQUES ET ACCALMIES – JEAN-JACQUES SEMPÉ

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FICTION

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DUST Sonja Delzongle HIGHLIGHT

Sueurs Froides Series – Thriller/Crime Publication: April 2nd, 2015 330 pages – 20 euros Tentative Cover

Hanah Baxter works as a crime profiler, and her expertise is recognized by police forces all around the world. This rebellious and independent-minded gay woman struggles to get over a sentimental break-up. When the Chief of the Nairobi Police asks for her help, she comes rushing, and starts hunting for an elusive serial killer who recruits his victims among the Albino community. Ritual crimes, sheer perversity, industrial scheme or eugenics nightmare ? The various leads intertwine, and plunge readers into the darkest places… June 2010. In a wasteland in the outskirts of Nairobi, a street kid plays with a large puddle, and traces large red 8-shaped signs in the ochre sand. The puddle turns out to be a gigantic cross traced with human blood. The young boy just tampered with a crime scene, the first of a long series to come. 2012. On the other side of the Atlantic, French born Hanah Baxter, 43, is a reputed profiler living in New York. She gets a phone call from Kenya’s Chief of Police. More blood crosses have appeared in the sand of the capital city, several dozens of them over the last couple of years, and Chief Collins is clueless. Out of friendship for Collins, with whom she has worked in the past, Hanah agrees to take on the case and flies to Nairobi. A few days after her arrival, an albino woman is killed with a machete in the middle of the street, her head and one of her arms cut off. The woman was Aka Merengue, the founder of the African Albinos Defence League, and a close friend of Collins’. An albino’s limb is a precious item to be sold on the African superstition market. Traffickers turn them into pomades, powders and talismans, and sell them for thousands of dollars, a real fortune in Kenya. Collins asks Hanah for help: in addition to her investigation, could she help him dismantle the traffic? A secret help, as all the layers of Kenyan society are deeply corrupted… Hanah is very familiar with Kenya, a burning caldron plagued by violence and torn between ultra-modernity and superstition. With over a hundred investigations under her belt, she knows fully well the horrors men are capable of. But nothing could possibly prepare for what she will find: the blood crosses and the slaughtering of albinos will take her very far into the heart of darkness… A terrifying investigation, with a Kenya driven crazy by the trafficking of albinos as backdrop.

Sonja Delzongle was born in 1967 of a French father and a Serbian mother, and grew up between France and Serbia. She led a bohemian life, and has divided her life between working varied jobs (including running a night bar and selling African and Asian handicraft) and writing. She started working on Dust in 2011. Her passion for Africa started when she was a child, and she spent a great deal of time there.

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SIX FOURMIS BLANCHES Sandrine Collette HIGHLIGHT

Sueurs Froides Series – Thriller Publication: January 22nd, 2015 200 pages – 20 euros

Six White Ants When Sandrine Collette gives her take on Agatha Christie’s And then there were none… Thrills and chills guaranteed!

On top of an arid and frozen mountain, which could be located in the Alps, stands a tall man preparing to start the sacrifice ceremony. Far below, an entire village holds its breath while looking up on him: will he once again be able to soothe the evil spirits that roam around the mountains? Kilometers away, Lou is on a grueling 3-day-trek, and gazes at the silhouettes walking before her, weighted down by the effort. The roped party looks so fragile in this vertiginous scenery. They merely look like six white ants… Lou doesn’t know it yet, but tomorrow, there will be only five of them left. Lost in a massive snowstorm, terrified by the death of their friend, they will have to fight for their own survival: in these merciless mountains, sacrifices never really appease Evil.

In the press: About Un vent de cendres : “Sandrine Collette resoundingly confirms that she has all it takes to be an accomplished writer.” L’Express “Sandrine Collette plays with the codes of the Thriller and Fairytale genres, as if Charles Perrault met Patricia Highsmith.” Télérama

Sandrine Collette was born in 1970. She divides her time between writing and working on her horse farm in Morvan. She is the author of Des noeuds d’acier (Denoël, 2013) and Un vent de cendres (Denoël, 2014). Des noeuds d’acier proved a commercial and critical success with over 60,000 copies sold, and was awarded the Grand Prix de littérature policière in 2013. •

Des noeuds d’acier : Rights sold to Japan (Hayakawa) and Turkey (Esen Kitap).

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DELTA CHARLIE DELTA Laurent Guillaume HIGHLIGHT

Sueurs Froides Series – Crime Publication: March 12th, 2015 280 pages – 18 euros Tentative Cover

Two radically different cops, Mako, a though, lonely, streetwise officer, and Marie, a young and dedicated police superintendent working for the Crime Department, roam the suburbs of Paris at night, searching for a particularly wicked serial killer… Mako works nightshifts at a suburban precinct. One day, an heinous crime is committed in his area, but given its highly sensitive nature, the investigation is entrusted to the Judicial Police department: a young woman was raped and left to die in an abandoned trailer in the underground parking lot of a building about to be demolished, and it seems like this vicious act is far from being an isolated event. In addition to that, Mako is also confronted with several other crime scenes that come across as settling of scores. In the matter of a few days, two drug dealers are found dead on a rough council estate. Mako knew them well, just like he knew Herman, another drug dealer who apparently took his own life with a bullet right through the heart. In spite of a careful staging of the crime scene, Mako does not buy the suicide version, but deliberately forgets to mention this in his report: according to his personal vision of justice, the death of a vile drug dealer who used to bully his old parents and teenage daughter is a most welcome riddance. But the morning after, when Herman’s parents are in turn found dead and atrociously mutilated, Mako realizes there is more to it than just thugs looking to score leftover dope. His intuition tells him that he is on to something big, and that the death of these drug dealers and that of the young woman in the trailer might be connected. He decides to investigate the matter further. He becomes acquainted with Marie Auger, the young female superintendent in charge of the case, who goes through a rough patch: her husband and daughter are fed up with her always being away working, and a personal drama has taken its toll on her. As a consequence, she questions her certitudes and righteous ways, and is won over by Mako’s unorthodox methods. The two ill-matched cops will strike an unlikely yet genuine alliance, and will unofficially operates as a team to solve the case, even if it means crossing the line. From drug trafficking to snuff movies, the pair will be faced with the very worst.

Laurent Guillaume started his career as a Police officer working for a specialized squad fighting crime and violence in the suburbs of Paris. After a brief stint with the Narcs, he spent four years in Mali working as a liaison officer against drug trafficking. He has been working since 2011 with the Financial Police. He is the author of several novels including Mako (2009, winner of the VSD Polar Prize), Le roi des crânes (2010), La Louve de Subure (2011), Doux comme la mort (2012) and Black Cocaïne (Denoël, 2013). •

Black Cocaïne: Rights sold to the USA (Le French Book - WEL) and Turkey (Esen Kitap).

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ALICE Emma Becker HIGHLIGHT

Romans français Series – Erotica Publication: January 8th, 2015 350 pages – 20 euros

Shortlisted for the 2015 Marie Claire Prize (Best novel by a female writer) Halfway between a novel and a diary, this is the story of the four years of torrid love between Alice and Emmanuel, which is also the story of a man trying to save a young woman from the innocence of her youth. Alice is 21. The finest age, or so they say. But how could Alice, who got caught up very young in the turmoil of her parents’ divorce and is in charge of looking after her two younger sisters, buy such a cliché? Courageously, Alice stands up to her fate: she still shares with her sisters the vast Parisian flat where they lived for years as a family, although it is now full of memories and pictures of a bygone era. At once a shelter and a prison, it is also a platform for freedom. Life finally greets her with open arms. When she meets Emmanuel, who is twenty years her senior, they immediately engage into a sensual game. But against all odds, what was meant to be a light hearted fling soon turns into something more significant. Youthful and carefree, Alice will have to shed her past to grow up and invent her proper sentimental future, and in particular come to terms with her parents’ failure as a couple. But forgiving and forgetting is not that easy… Halfway between a novel and a diary, a book paying tribute to the autofiction genre through the character of Alice, at once fragile, sensual and fierce. A subtle examination of the children of the baby boomers, how they relate to their parents’ sexual freedom and how they set themselves free from it to follow their own path.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Emma Becker is 25. She currently lives in between Paris and Berlin and works on her third novel after

Mr and Alice. Her debut novel, Mr, was an immediate success, translated in 12 countries.

In the press: “A smashing second novel (…) Emma Becker is a writer who thrives on desire, seduction, the way bodies attract one another in a perpetual movement.” Technikart “A highly charged novel.” Marie Claire “In spite of her young age, Emma Becker’s dazzling writing style and her intellectual maturity demonstrated through the topics she chooses to address never fails to impress.” Be

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LE DROIT CHEMIN Mathias

Sacha Gellman Romans français Series – Erotica Publication: March 12th, 2015 250 pages – 17 euros Tentative Cover

The Righteous Path An ordinary woman sees her life turned upside down as she makes an unexpected sexual encounter. Through an intense erotic self-discovery, she will end up questioning all her life choices. Back in 2008, near Paris, Claire is a pain in the neck. Not because she has a bad temper, but rather because she cannot seem to be satisfied with the nice little life she has built for herself. When she got married six years ago, she was very much in love and tried very hard to make the whole thing work out. Her husband Stéphane is handsome, funny, passionate and a skilled lover. But at 32, she already wonders where and when her life went off tracks. During a business trip, Claire meets Mathias, one of her friends, for lunch. Usually not the adventurous type, she is nevertheless ready to tip over the edge. Just to get distracted from the lingering sense of failure that has been bugging her, and get even with a life that has let her down. Her only, shameless ambition: find herself, or lose herself. Mathias opened new perspectives for her, but he does not wish to face up to them, whilst she does not wish to deal with the potential consequences. They both are drunk on desire, but such a high is hard to control. She thus learns to let go, not to worry about tomorrow, and engages into an erotic exploration of herself that sheds a new light on her sexuality. Things left unsaid, fear, arousal, and lies take centre stage in her life. She experiences a vertiginous feeling of euphoria and total uncertainty. To find out who she really is and what she truly wants in life, Claire will have to break her own moral restraints, learn to get in touch with herself, push her own limits, explore her sexuality and discover what real freedom is about. Under the detached stare of her lover, who is altogether her mentor and the outlet through which she vents her frustrations, Claire will be reborn, like a modern times Scarlett who unwillingly breaks taboos.

Mathias is the first volume of the Le Droit Chemin trilogy.

Sacha Gellman is 35 years old.

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MOI, AMÉLIE, DERNIÈRE REINE DE PORTUGAL Stéphane Bern New edition Grand Public Series – Commercial Fiction Publication: May 4th, 2015 300 pages – 19 euros Tentative Cover

I, Amélie, the Last Queen of Portugal Marie-Amélie d’Orléans, the last French princess who reigned over a European country, met with a tragic fate marked by exile. Marie-Amélie d’Orléans, princess of France, was born in England in 1865, and married in 1886 the crown prince of Portugal, Dom Carlos of Bragance. At the age of 43, she was devastated by the double assassination of her husband and her eldest son. The 1910 Revolution forced her into exile, first in England, and then in Versailles, where she died at the age of 86. Queen Amélie never gave up faith and hope, and demonstrated an acute sense of sacrifice throughout her life. Stéphane Bern unveils a most exemplary destiny that reads like a novel, from her childhood in exile with her family to her failed royal marriage, the untimely demise of her husband and two sons, a revolution, and ultimately a new and final exile. In these imaginary memoirs based on Queen Amélie’s actual private diaries and correspondence, and exclusive documents from the Royal House of France archives, Stéphane Bern draws the portrait of a little known female figure who nevertheless played a key role in contemporary history. In this debut novel, he mixes his passion for Portugal, and his expertise upon European monarchies.

A journalist, a radio and TV show host and a writer, Stéphane Bern was born in Lyon to a Luxembourgian mother. A specialist and a lover of crowned heads, he is the author of many books about the various European royal families, including Diana, princesse des cœurs (1997), God save the Queen ! Cinquante ans de tempête chez les Windsor (1998) and Le Dictionnaire amoureux de la monarchie (2012).

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SUITE FRANÇAISE Irène Némirovsky New edition Romans Français Series – Literary Fiction Publication: March 5th, 2015 448 pages – 22 euros

Renaudot Prize 2004 Initially published by Denoël in 2004, Irène Némirovsky’s posthumous masterpiece is to be rediscovered at the occasion of the release of its screen adaptation. Written as the fires of History were raging, Suite Française depicts in a fly-on-the-wall fashion the infamous 1940 Exodus that brought together in tragedy and chaos so many French families regardless of their social backgrounds. With wit and depth, Irène Némirovsky unveils the countless petty mediocrities and fragile outpourings of solidarity of a disarrayed population. Whether kept women dumped by their lovers, upper-class persons grossed out by the rabble or wounded people abandoned on farms, they all flood on the roads of France while the German air force strikes at random… The enemy slowly takes control of a frightened and dead-still nation. Like so many other villages, Bussy is forced to accommodate German troops. As a result, social tension and frustration run high… At once moving, intimate and merciless, Suite Française uncovers the souls of the French during the Occupation of France with amazing lucidity, and conjures up in a brilliant and intuitive writing style a part of the French collective memory that still hurts. This edition features notes and Irène Némirovsky’s correspondence. The posthumous winner of the Renaudot Prize for Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (1903-1942) is widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of the first half of the 20th century. A cruel and lucid observer of French society between WWI and WWII, she testified to the many upheavals of her time in over 30 books that account for a timeless body of work. The screen adaptation of Suite Française directed by Saul Dibb and starring Michelle Williams, Matthias st Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas will hit French theatres on April 1 , 2015, and be distributed worldwide.

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JOUR DE FEU René Barjavel New Edition Empreinte Series – Literary Fiction Publication : April 24th, 2015 160 pages – 12.90 euros Tentative Cover

Day of Fire The least known and most surprising of all novels by Barjavel. Summer time in Collioure, a small village near the Spanish border. Villagers get ready for the forthcoming local festival, and the air is filled with scents of pastis and melon. Old Catalan women all dressed in black rub shoulders with bikini-clad Parisians. Two rumours start spreading amongst the crowd: people were fighting in the mountains yesterday. The whole brigade was mobilized to arrest Barabbas and his posse. And last night, Caiaphas’ guards arrested Jesus. On the hills, crosses are being put up, whilst in the bullrings, a Corrida is under way. A thirsty Judas orders a cool beer in a Café. A most irritated Pilates is engaged in a heated debate with Caiaphas and his wife to determine who will be spared: Jesus or Barabbas? Peter, John and Thomas try to rally all those touched by the grace of the Son of God. A plane circles above the village, and drops leaflets urging for the release of Barabbas. Where are we? In what place? In which era? This is the eternity of a tragic story, a story that is always there, in all times and all places.

René Barjavel (1911-1985) was a French writer, journalist and dialogue writer. During his prime years, he worked successively as high school monitor, a speaker and a bank clerk. He then became the production manager for Denoël and contributed to many papers. After being demobilized in 1940, he started writing sci-fi novels, and quickly became the leading figure of the genre in France. A most prolific and eclectic writer, he wrote essays, short stories, dystopian novels and screenplays. Among the many books he wrote, Ravage (1943), Le Voyageur Imprudent (1944), La Nuit des Temps (1968) and Le Grand Secret (1973) stand out.

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MILLE REGRETS Elsa Triolet Foreword by Macha Méril New edition Empreinte Series – Literary Fiction Publication: January 19th, 2015 180 pages – 12 euros

A Thousand Regrets “These are the stories that restored my faith in literature, they are the quiet braveness that gave me the strength to give what was to be Aurélien a try.” Louis Aragon about Mille regrets (Excerpt from Elsa Triolet choisie par Aragon, Gallimard 1960). Mille regrets by Elsa Triolet features four short stories initially published in the 1940s. They are all set during WWII. The first story, whose title is also that of the volume, tells the story of a refugee woman in Nice who believes the man she loves is dead. Since this love is gone, it seems like everything is over. But there might be more to live for: she has to fight for survival, and there are new encounters to make… The twist is tragic and gripping. “Henri Castellat” depicts a man in his prime. A spoiled child with a successful career as a writer and a handsome face, a man adored by the women… But depicted by Elsa Triolet, this man who seems to have everything turns out to be a cowardly and disgusting human being in every imaginable way. “Le Destin personnel” takes place in the countryside during the Occupation, and depicts the drama experienced by a trio of lovers who uncover the false appearance of happiness. “La Belle Épicière” tells the story of a woman grocer who is married to a frequently absent man. This pretty woman with an uneventful life will get trapped in dead-end affairs, drawn into prostitution and finally end up in the gutter.

Russian-born Elsa Triolet (1896-1970) is the author of numerous novels and translations, including Le Cheval blanc (1943), Les Amants d’Avignon (published under the pen name of Laurent Daniel, 1943), Le premier accroc coûte 200 francs (Prix Goncourt, 1944) or Roses à credit (1949). She joined the French Resistance during WWII, was a devout communist all her life, and proved a quintessential muse to Louis Aragon’s novels and poems.

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SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY

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LE PARADOXE DE FERMI Jean-Pierre Boudine New edition Lunes d’encre Series – Science Fiction Publication: January 8th, 2015 200 pages – 21 euros

Somewhere in between The Road and I Am a Legend, the realistic and vivid account of the downfall of our civilization, and the ghastly aftermath that awaits us. A concise and powerful novel about the human race’s appetite for self-destruction. The world in 2030: as a consequence of a deep crisis, civilization has collapsed. Robert Poinsot, 42, has found shelter in a cave in the Alps, where he tries to survive by hiding, in constant fear of attacks by other survivors. In his lair, he dedicates what’s left of his vital force to write down on scraps of paper he managed to find what has happened. This man who used to be a scientist, a renowned specialist in animal biology, tells about the initial financial crisis, which fast became an economic and social one, to finally turn into global meltdown while he sat back watching in shock and awe: first salaries don’t get paid, people rush to withdraw their savings from banks, get organized in groups to secure food supply. Eventually, they flee urban zones where violence soars out of control, and try to dodge the looters that prey on the main roads. He tells about the chaos, the many epidemic outbreaks and famines, the terror, the wars, the chemical and atomic bombs, and the millions who died. He remembers the early stages, how he tried along with his friends to adjust to the changes. And then how he ran away and trekked across Europe when he understood that things were damaged beyond any possible repair. He remembers how he stayed with a humanist community on the shores of the Baltic Sea, a bunch of people who were desperately trying to gather what was left of human knowledge, and safeguard the foundation of our civilization. He remembers how he felt full of hope, and how he even met a female companion named France, who became pregnant. He remembers how this hope was rapidly crushed when the real world caught up with him, and the barbary and the violence and the looters and the food shortages came back. Eventually France and all his comrades died of hunger. He had no other choice but to flee on his own further south, in the Alps. Feeding on roots and small animals, he tries to survive while questioning humanity’s dark fate. What if right here, right in the middle of this nightmare, laid the answer to Fermi’s Paradox? In a universe as vast as ours, it is impossible that the human race is the only species gifted with intelligence. Nevertheless, we have never heard from, or found traces of, any trace of Alien intelligence. The only explanation for this paradox is that civilizations reaching a certain level of intelligence destroy themselves before being able to communicate with others civilizations… Maybe Mankind will rise from its ashes, and he is determined to leave a trace of his own story behind before dying…

In the press: “A gloomy tale that is fast becoming a cult book for science and sci-fi lovers.” Livres Hebdo

Jean-Pierre Boudine holds an agrégation in Mathematics, and is the author of several books, including two novels: Sur la piste des terres rares and Le Paradoxe de Fermi.

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TROIS OBOLES POUR CHARON Franck Ferric Lunes d’encre Series – Fantasy Publication: October 16th, 2014 300 pages – 18 euros

Three Coins for Charon A bantering and highly original fantasy novel drawing upon mythological themes.

Sisyphus offended the Gods, and was condemned to perpetually be plagued with the very things he had tried to escape: the absurdity of life and the vicissitudes of humankind. Amnesia-stricken after being denied rest and peace by Charon, the ferryman of the world of the dead, he wanders aimlessly through the ages of the world without a clue, constantly and unsuccessfully running away from war. As even the Gods slowly faded away from the sky, the meaning of his curse itself fades away too. After dying a thousand times on the battle fields of Teutoburg Forest, the Thirty Years’ war or Nazi-occupied France, after rebelling and fighting, Sisyphus slowly starts to recall his past, and is bent on breaking his chains. But the Gods always have the last say…

In the press: “Smart and erudite, this novel wins over readers thanks to its powerful main protagonist. A great surprise and an undeniable success.“ Bifrost “Armed with a most elegant writing style, a rich vocabulary and a vast historical knowledge, Franck Ferric conjures up the fate of what Albert Camus used to call « the ultimate absurd hero » and delivers metaphysical vertigo.” Midi Libre

Franck Ferric was born in 1979. He read History and is the author of two previous novels (La Loi du désert; Les Tangences divines) and two collections of short stories (Marches nocturnes; Dernière semaine du reptile). His works often draw upon history and mythology. His favourite author is Charles Bukowski.

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CHANEL & CO Les amies de Coco

Marie-Dominique Lelièvre Non Fiction / Biography 15 black and white pictures in text Publication: October 17th, 2013 320 pages – 22 euros

As seen through the women who punctuated and shaped her life, a portrait at once innovative, sensitive and sharp of the great Coco Chanel. The daughter of a seamstress mother who died very young, and a street peddling father who soon abandoned her, Gabrielle Chanel grew up in a Cistercian abbey, a place equally austere and sublime. A ground-breaking and highly innovative milliner, a shrewd business woman with no financial or intellectual qualms, a prominent socialite, Coco Chanel started a fashion empire that still reigns supreme over today’s fashion world. How did the little orphan Gabrielle Chanel go on to become the illustrious Coco Chanel? With the help of the women who shaped her life: the nuns of Aubazine Convent who educated her, Adrienne Chanel who was her aunt, Misia Sert, Marie of Russia, Vera Bate, Marthe Davelli, Romy Schneider, Claude Delay… Without her friends, Chanel would have never become Chanel. They exchanged men, jewels, biographies, and shared a similar expertise when it came to glamour and taste. They loved one another, hated one another, made up with each other or forever parted. They were real life counterparts of the women in Sex and the City, with a 100-year head start. And Cinderella turned into a great Queen –not because her charming prince found her, but because the women in her life supported her. Through a whirlwind of female friendships, the author, Marie-Dominique Lelièvre, takes readers on a fast-paced journey from the early 1900s into the heart of a thriving 20th century. When creating this biography that reads like a novel, Marie-Dominique Lelièvre had access to archives and letters and exclusive witnesses. She reveals the untold side of Chanel; a woman who is at the same time larger than life, yet very human; a woman whose endless stamina healed all the wounds and overcame all the obstacles destiny threw her way through the support of her friends. In this sensitive and poignant biography, the author unveils the intimacy of Mademoiselle Chanel, and shows the readers the ropes behind the many strokes of genius of the first self-made woman in France, a role model who spread the success fever among her female peers.

After Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Sagan, Yves Saint Laurent and Brigitte Bardot, MarieDominique Lelièvre, a writer and a columnist for Libération, adds a new volume to her series of biographies upon 20th century French icons.

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CHANEL & CO Les amies de Coco

Marie-Dominique Lelièvre Non Fiction / Biography 15 black and white pictures in text Publication: October 17th, 2013 320 pages – 22 euros

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In the press: “Marie-Dominique Lelièvre unearthed unpublished letters and testimonies, and hunted high and low the slightest detail that could reveal the true face of a woman who enjoyed covering her tracks and entertaining biographical extravaganzas.” Sud Ouest

“Very spirited and thoroughly documented, Chanel & Co is a dashing biography.” Livres Hebdo

“Marie-Dominique Lelièvre hereby delivers her most accomplished book to date.” Le Figaro Magazine “Chanel & Co is served by fine writing skills, and reads like a novel.” L’Express Style

“A book brimming with details that whisks readers amidst the turmoil of Coco’s life, and unveils her the many faces.” Marianne

"A meticulously documented and lavishly staged saga." Le Figaro Magazine

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DOUBLE DIOR Les vies multiples de Christian Dior

Isabelle Rabineau Non Fiction / Biography Publication: October 11th, 2012 300 pages - 20 euros

The first biography upon Christian Dior meant for a broad audience. The portrait of a highly creative era.

The name Dior has become synonymous with Haute Couture, and is famous all over the world. The universal success of the brand, ever since this day of February 1947, when Dior changed the face of fashion with his “New Look”, has been so massive that it somehow overshadowed the man behind the legend. A handful of style scholars wrote erudite works about him, yet he remains largely unknown as a private person. Dior himself tried to build a wall around his private life, as evidenced by a short autobiography that only added to the mystery. Therefore a reference biography that a man of such a calibre, a visionary who invented modernity in fashion, truly deserves, was missing. It’s precisely this lack that Isabelle Rabineau is out to fix. Instead of an “ordinary” biography, she decided to focus on a few key moments of his life, and base her work on the testimonies of carefully chosen witnesses, in order to truly conjure up the truth about a man who is regarded in France as a national treasure. Christian Dior’s career as a couturier was short: only a decade went by between the commotion caused by the New Look and his demise at the untimely age of 52. Fame was just the last chapter of a life spent being passionate about art, architecture, photography and… flowers. The rich inner life of this introspective businessman with an obsession for contemporary creativity might precisely be the reason why his name is still so popular. He was close to the likes of Picasso, Braque, Salvador Dali, Giacometti, Man Ray, Max Jacob, Joseph Kessel, Jean Cocteau, Georges Auric, Marlene Dietrich, Jean-Pierre Melville, Gabrielle Chanel and Pierre Balmain. And there’s nothing surprising about his proximity with these great artists: Christian Dior was the man who turned fashion into an art form.

Isabelle Rabineau works as a journalist and a manager of cultural events.

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DOUBLE DIOR Les vies multiples de Christian Dior

Isabelle Rabineau Non Fiction / Biography Publication: October 11th, 2012 300 pages - 20 euros

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In the press: “We all know of his Fashion House and designs. It was about time to find out about his life. Who was

Christian, the man behind the household name of Dior? All the answers are to be found in this breathtaking and stylish biography.” Elle

“Isabelle Rabineau’s talent lies in her ability to capture the man behind the household name in this lovely biography of the world’s most famous couturier. His book retraces in a moving fashion the fragile and undecided path of a man who suddenly, one fine morning of winter 1947, achieved superstardom.” Elle

“In Double Dior, Isabelle Rabineau delivers an understated and paradoxical portrait of a world-famous man who was determined to reveal of himself only what he could control.” Dior Mag

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MILLE-FAILLES Et autres petites recettes pour se sentir dans son assiette

François Carré Non Fiction / Humour Publication: January 29th, 2015 250 pages – 16 euros

Shortcomings Cake Recipes to better tackle everyday life

A collection of bittersweet chronicles about the everyday petty problems and how to stomach them. François Carré has penned down short humorous chronicles around the theme of gastronomy in order to better tackle the subject of social relations. His culinary pastiche is an elegant way to address issues such as the difficulty of interacting with others, and pinpoint the rigid codes that dictate our ways of life. Faced with the fact that narcissism and animosity are widespread, the author comes up with fresh “recipes” for a better life. These various recipes may be read independently, but also intertwine and echo with one another. The many metaphors and questions and exercises they offer are insights into a better self-awareness, and a better knowledge of other people. Excerpt: “Just pick an ordinary fellow. Give him a name that’s easy to remember, like François Carré. Make him bloom in the sun of southwestern France, then water him abundantly in the Nivernais for fifteen years. When he’s ripe or thinks he is, let him simmer until he moves to Paris to study political science. Sprinkle a bit of drama school on him so he becomes an actor. Stew him gently until he takes to writing. Let him cook up a few novels, and when he’s nearly done, send him across the Atlantic, where he goes on writing, in English this time. After ten years in New York, he misses the flavours of his childhood and his mother tongue so much that he is bound to write a cookbook in French. But since he can’t cook, his cookbook is not really a cookbook.”

François Carré is an actor, a director, a novelist and a playwright. He currently lives in New York.

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GRAPHIC NOVELS

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MOI, ASSASSIN Antonio Altarriba & Keko HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 21 x 27 cm - Hardcover - Two-color process Publication: September 18th, 2014 136 pages – 19.90 euros

I, Murderer A full-on and unsettling journey into the very heart of human perversion. At once impressively masterful, highly addictive and increasingly fascinating as the story unfolds, I, Murderer is quite simply great crime fiction. Enrique Ramirez teaches History of Art at the University of the Basque Country (where Altarriba teaches French Literature). At 53, he has reached the peak of his career. In addition to being about to become the leading figure in his field, and having to deal with subtle academic rivalries, he is also in charge of a research group named “Suffering Flesh, the representation of torture in western painting”. Brueghel, Grünewald, Goya, Rops, Dix, Grosz, Ensor, Munch, Balthus are both his dreams and the material for his work. But his true passion, the one he would like to dedicate himself to full time, is way more radical, but equally subtle: assassination as an art form. Emilio takes advantage of the many conventions and PhD juries he attends to commit random murders only motivated by aesthetic aims. Each of them is a new art performance inspired by a specific pictorial technique. These murders punctuate an impeccable career as an artist and a murderer that never was troubled by the Authorities. But this man, above all suspicion, suddenly finds himself involved in the murder of one of his main rivals, which was inspired by one of the Caprichos, a series of etchings by Goya. A crime he has nothing to do with. The serial killer now needs to make sure the Police remain in the dark as to his 34 past murders…

Moi, assassin showcases the same fine writing and combines acumen, icy sense of humour and a ruthless satire of academics, and delivers a slasher genre novel that taps into David Fincher, Patricia Highsmith and David Lodge to completely renew the overused fictional figure of the serial killer. The deep hues of black and red favoured by artist Keko bring a distinct nightmarish quality to the graphic novel. A scholar, a screenwriter and a well-known novelist in his native Spain, Antonio Altarriba first rose to prominence in France with L’art de voler, an outstanding graphic novel devised in collaboration with Kim, and published by Denoël Graphic in 2011 and on its way to become an international hit (so far translated in several languages and tipped for a screen adaptation).

RIGHTS SOLD: SPAIN (Norma) / World Castilian ● GERMANY (Avant Verlag)

● ITALY (Rizzoli Lizard)

● THE NETHERLANDS (Scratch Books)

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MOI, ASSASSIN Antonio Altarriba & Keko HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 21 x 27 cm - Hardcover - Two-color process Publication: September 18th, 2014 136 pages – 19.90 euros

Awarded Comic’s Critics’ Grand Prix ACBD 2015

In the press: “A brilliant storyline, a must read as terrifying as it is electrifying.” 20 Minutes “A powerful and restrained drawing style, at once ferociously majestic and delicate.” Libération “Impressive in its mastery, terribly eye-catching, increasingly fascinating as the story unfolds and gains momentum: Moi, assassin is quite simply a great piece of crime fiction.” Planète BD “Altarriba’s scary and fascinating storyline wavers between a major crime fiction and a lecture

upon art, beauty, crime, life and death, in complete keeping with Keko’s harsh and dark graphic style, wherein blood red is the only colour. This graphic novel is devilish.” L’Express “A philosophical thriller that tackles the subject of the universality of evil, and claims Thomas de Quincey’s aesthetical legacy.” L’Humanité “This amoral urban thriller depicts contemporary Spain in a vitriolic fashion, especially with

regards to the Basque issue, and delivers a brilliant reflection upon the representation of the beauty of the world.” L’Avis des bulles “Enhanced by Keko’s dense and startling use of black, white and red, Antonio Altarriba’s second album mixes up autobiographical and crime fiction elements. A success.” L’Humanité Dimanche “One of the sensations of the Fall cultural season… The sheer power of the black and white graphic style is spiced up by dazzling smears of blood red. Will send readers a chill of pleasure down their spines.“ Le Populaire du centre

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SUKKWAN ISLAND Ugo Bienvenu Adapted from the novel by David Vann HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 21 x 27 cm – Black and white illustrations Hardcover Publication: October, 23th, 2014 136 pages – 20 euros

Sukkwan Island, now translated in 20 countries, was originally a short novel published in the USA in David Vann’s debut collection of short stories. In France, Gallmeister turned this vibrant piece of writing into a bona fide best-selling novel by publishing it in a separate edition. It sold 200 000 copies, and was awarded the Medicis Étranger Prize in 2010. Tim, a divorced dentist womanizer, takes his thirteen-year-old son to a small desert island in the Aleutian Archipelago, south of Alaska. He intends to spend an entire year away from civilization there, on the pretext of bounding with him and confronting him with the beauty and savagery of nature, like a rite of passage. But the real, unspoken reason might well be very different: restore his dignity as a father in the eyes of his son, and prove himself he’s up to the challenge of being a man. But the harshness of the climate and living conditions, the many hidden traps that this original theatre of wildness has in store, Tim’s many failures and errors, and the teenager’s lucid perception of his father will combine to turn the Thoreau-inspired quest for purity into a merciless confrontation building up until a horrific final twist. Ugo Bienvenu, a young prodigy from the world of Animation, takes hold of this suffocating huis clos set in the wild. Armed with his total empathy for the two characters and the tragedy they go through, he delivers a hypnotic graphic novel, wherein the frozen splendour of the wild outdoors rubs shoulders with the wrench generated by deep-buried feelings. His timeless stroke, along with a rare sense of storytelling, crafts a fascinating object at once deep and concise, where words floats like breath in the Alaskan winter. A totally faithful yet highly new and innovative take on the original novel. A most impressive success, especially considering that it is the first time that this very young artist tries his hand at graphic storytelling.

Ugo Bienvenu first studies at the École Estienne before joining the Animation Class at École des Gobelins. In 2010, during a stint at the Los Angeles Institute of the Arts, he turns to experimental animation, and directs his debut short film, I Love You. Upon his return to France, he joined Miyu Productions, and directed Une île, the opening film for the International Mexico City Film Festival; a video clip called “Singing” for French electronica artist Agoria. In collaboration with buddy Kevin Manach, he directed a video clip “Voyage Chromatique” and a film, Maman. The pair was also in charge of all animated segments in Le Soldat Méconnu feature film. Sukkwan Island is his first graphic novel.

RIGHTS SOLD: SPAIN (Norma) / World Castilian ● THE NETHERLANDS (Scratch Books)

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SUKKWAN ISLAND Ugo Bienvenu Adapted from the novel by David Vann HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 21 x 27 cm – Black and white illustrations Hardcover Publication: October, 23th, 2014 136 pages – 20 euros

In the press:

“A success: a wild, laconic and smoky album of a rare emotional intensity.” Le Point “One of today’s most memorable graphic novels.” ActuaBD “A hard-hitting book! ” Comixtrip

“Roy agrees to isolate himself and live in survival mode for a year on a small island in Alaska with his divorced father. But soon the father-son reunion turns into an oppressing face off in a hostile and untameable environment… David Vann’s Sukkwan Island caused quite a commotion in 2010. Readers had better prepare for one major slap in the face with the graphic novel adaptation.” L’Est Républicain

“Ugo Bienvenu delivers a stripped down graphic novel, and stages a merciless face-off between a father and a son stranded into the wild outdoors. With a distinctly subdued virtuosity, he captures the frosty hopelessness of an adventure with no way out.” Télérama

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SUITE FRANÇAISE Tempête en juin

Emmanuel Moynot Adapted from the novel by Irène Némirovsky HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 16x23 cm – Black and white illustrations Publication: January 15th, 2015 216 pages – 22 euros

The lost and found novel by Irène Némirovsky continues its odyssey… A decade after the international success of Suite Française, winner of the Renaudot Prize in 2004, the st adventure goes on: on April 1 , 2015, a motion picture based on the novel directed by British filmmaker Saul Dibb (The Duchess) and starring Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Matthias Schoenaerts will be released in France and throughout the world.To celebrate this event, we decided to publish a graphic novel version of Irène Némirovsky’s masterpiece. Given that the film mostly deals with the second half of La Suite (Dolce), we asked Emmanuel Moynot to focus on the first half (Tempête en juin/Storm in June). Renowned for his acerbic wit, this versatile graphic artist is the author of over 40 books, and distinguished himself by reviving Leo Malet’s fictional hard-boiled private eye Nestor Burma. He also garnered great acclaim for his book on Pierre Goldman. With him, this epic novel about the Great Debacle and the ensuing massive exodus of June 1940 takes on a new visual dimension. Like in a film by Jean Renoir or Robert Altman, characters, paths and destinies interlace in a world of sheer terror where the tables seemed to turn on history and the class system for good. The unforgettable characters imagined by Irène Némirovsky finally take a human shape, but already come across as familiar: Corbin the banker, the Michaud couple, the Péricand tribe, the unfortunate Father Philippe, the dizzy Arlette Corail, the ghastly Corte and his fat-headed mistress, and all the others, all the losers and villains and heroes of the French Defeat. The author of David Golder, who loved cinematic storytelling, could have been a great comics writer. Emmanuel Moynot, who considers himself more of a « storyteller » than a « graphic artist », released his first works in the 1980s. Tardi personally chose him as his successor for the Nestor Burma series (Casterman). His personal works are usually dark and moody, and draw on deeper, often political themes. In 2012, Pierre Goldman, la vie d'un autre (Futuropolis), received rave reviews from critics and readers alike.

RIGHTS SOLD: USA (Arsenal Pulp) / WEL ● SPAIN (Salamandra) / World Castilian ● KOREA (Esoop)

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SUITE FRANÇAISE Tempête en juin

Emmanuel Moynot Adapted from the novel by Irène Némirovsky HIGHLIGHT

Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 16x23 cm – Black and white illustrations Publication: January 15th, 2015 216 pages – 22 euros

In the press: “Absolutely amazing!” DBD “Emmanuel Moynot conjures up Irène Némirovsky’s human comedy with verve for an emotional, tragic and mostly dark humoured rendition.” Livres Hebdo “June 1940. An upper-middle-class family, an adulterous banker, lost orphans, a reckless writer: all

these characters will meet along the road of exodus, and will see their destinies collide in the great mayhem of WWII, fears and hopes and flaws and valour all wrapped into one. Moynot uses his trademark sharp graphic style in black and white, with a subtle touch of grey, and gives scope to a graphic novel that truly deserves its name.” Métro Belgique “A most accomplished graphic novel adaptation of Irène Némirovsky’s posthumous novel.“ Le Figaro Littéraire “A remarkably personified social and political epic.” Madame Figaro “With a graphic style reminiscent of Tardi, Emmanuel Moynot depicts in a cruel way the crumbling down of French society.” L’Histoire “A superb black & white saga with unforgettable characters.” Le Pèlerin “Emmanuel Moynot’s black and white drawings plunge readers right away into the tinged

atmosphere of the 1940 exodus, in the trail of several families leaving Paris to escape the Germans. The stroke of his pencil is sensitive, and the mood very cinematic and Renoir-like.” Marie France “A subtle and spot-on adaptation.” Les Inrockuptibles

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UNE SI JOLIE PETITE GUERRE Marcelino Truong Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 16x23 cm - Hardcover Black and white and coloured illustrations Publication: October 18th, 2012 224 pages – 24.90 euros

Such a Pretty Little War In January 1961, John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th president of the United States. Eager to stop the spreading of communism in Asia, he launches the Beef-Up Operation, which is meant to reinforce the American economical and military help to the Republic of Vietnam. Such are the circumstances when little Marcelino Truong and his family move to Saigon in July 1961. His mother is a bipolar Frenchwoman born and raised on an island off the coast of Brittany, whilst his father is a Vietnamese journalist. Khanh Truong was appointed Director of Vietnam-Press, and as a consequence, is a frequent visitor to the Palace of Independence, where he acts as an interpreter for President Ngô Dinh Diêm’s English-speaking visitors. He thus becomes a privileged witness of the twisted politics implemented by a government that oscillates between nationalism, the rejection of France, the former colonial power, and a fascination for America. Marcelino revisits his childhood memories and depicts in a subtle fashion, at once impressionist and objective, the South-Vietnamese capital city’s life, as it is about to surrender to a War that intensifies every day. Whilst US cargo planes unload more and more warfare equipment, Vietcong assassination squads multiply. The South-Vietnamese Government soon proclaims a State of emergency and general mobilization. Coups schemed by felon generals result in the assassination of president Diem on November 1st, 1963. Twenty-one days later, Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas shoots Kennedy. History and family stories intertwine in this brilliant graphic novel conjuring up bygone places, times and events that changed the world, and putting under scrutiny the reasons behind America’s most bitter defeat as seen from the losers’ perspective. Marcelino Truong was born in 1957 in the Philippines. His father is Vietnamese and his mother is French. An illustrator and a painter, he is a graduate of The Institute of Political Studies of Paris and holds the prestigious diploma Agrégation in English. He wrote and illustrated several albums meant for children, and received the Bologna Children Book Fair Prize in 1995. He is also a regular contributor as a graphic artist to various newspapers and magazines, such as Elle or Libération. He is the father of three daughters, and lives and works in Paris.

RIGHTS SOLD: SPAIN (Spaceman Books) / World Castilian ● BRAZIL (Positivo) ● GERMANY (Egmont)

● Ongoing offer in the UK

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UNE SI JOLIE PETITE GUERRE Marcelino Truong Denoël Graphic Series – Graphic Novel Size: 16x23 cm - Hardcover Black and white and coloured illustrations Publication: October 18th, 2012 224 pages – 24.90 euros

In the press: “Marcelino Truong mixes historical and private events and depicts with soft colours the agony of a family torn between two cultures, and that of a country in the midst of a conflict, as seen through the eyes of the child he once was. At once lucid and moving.” Elle “The intimate unfolding of History in the making.” Libération “A terribly moving and realistic account (…) A must read testimony.” Les Échos “At once a harrowing family saga and a little piece of Vietnam’s history.” Le Figaro “Marcelino Truong’s childhood memories take on a poignant dimension. They’re also compelling, as they describe with strength events that contributed, in their own time, to change the world order.” 20 Minutes “A flawless and exciting historical reconstitution, Une si jolie petite guerre depicts the inexorable vicious cercle that led to one of the major conflicts of the XXth century : the Vietnam war. As such, Marcelino Truong’s album is as valuable a document as the best historical studies dedicated to this subject.” Télérama “A wonderful autobiographical album.” L’Ours “A narrative at once touching and spot on, wherein sepia-coloured history sometimes bursts with colours. A superb testimony.” L’Amour des livres

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ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

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BOURRASQUES ET ACCALMIES Jean-Jacques Sempé Illustrated book Size: 26.5 x 30 cm Black and white and coloured illustrations Publication: October 10th, 2013 132 pages – 28 euros

Puffs and Lulls A new album by Sempé! In his previous album Enfances (Childhood) (published in 2011), Sempé was reminiscing with happy melancholia upon the innocence of youth. With this new album, it is “adulthood” he is now taking on. Quite a material to work with for Sempé’s vivid sense of poetry. His legendary sweet sense of irony that gently invites us to look at the world, the people around us, and ultimately ourselves, in a new way. A Sempé therapy, as Sempé himself puts it: “When I started drawing, I guess it was a form of self-therapy,

I wanted to draw happy people. Of course that’s raving mad a thing to do, but I’m like that. I want to make funny drawings featuring happy people.” The 120 humorous little scenes all provide a shelter from the storm of life we all have to face. This new album features 120 humorous drawings, some of them previously published in Paris Match or The New Yorker, two publications Sempé has been collaborating with for years. The albums of Sempé have been translated all over the world: Germany (Diogenes), Great Britain and the United States (Phaidon), Italy (Donzelli), China (China Citic), Korea (Open Books), Brazil (Cosac & Naify)… Jean-Jacques Sempé was born in 1932. Over the course of a career initiated in the early 1960s and now spanning over 30 albums, he has created characters such as Nicholas (with Goscinny), Marcellin Caillou/Martin Pebble or Raoul Taburin, and has become one of the most famous and popular cartoonists in the world.

RIGHTS SOLD: UNITED KINGDOM (Phaidon) / WEL ● GERMANY (Diogenes) ● KOREA (Open Books)

● IRAN (Nazar Art)

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BOURRASQUES ET ACCALMIES Jean-Jacques Sempé Illustrated book Size: 26.5 x 30 cm Black and white and coloured illustrations Publication: October 10th, 2013 132 pages – 28 euros

In the press: “Bourrasques et Accalmies is a brand new album at once moving, elegant and funny, as usual.” Libération

“Everything about it relates to us, makes us smile, moves us, goes straight to our heart.” Télérama “From his balcony in Paris, Sempé observes his era with bewildered tenderness and humorous nostalgia. And yet his wonderful drawings, at once light and precise, still resist modernity. He is a living treasure.” Le Nouvel Observateur “Bourrasques et Accalmies is a very beautiful album wherein Sempé outlines the contradictions of adulthood with his signature finesse and tenderness. A treat to read over and over again.” Marie France

“Flicking through these slices of life will most likely put a smile on your face. Sheer happiness in 120 drawings.” Voici “Nothing beats Sempé’s fine lines to capture the zeitgeist.” Les Échos “It’s funny, of course, but it’s much more than that: it’s touching, moving, caring, delicate, never mean, at worst kindly cruel. A soft and very much necessary irony.” Le Progrès “Such poetic charm and elegance!” Version Femina

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