A heady perfume of blood and rage across the stars featuring Philippe Druillet's legendary Lone Sloane. In the third century BC, mercenaries employed by Carthage during the first Punic War rose against their employers, who repeatedly postponed their pay. Two barbarian clan chiefs, Matho and Narr'Havas, fell in love with the beautiful and ethereal Salammbo, daughter of Hamilcar of Carthage. A bloody conflict arose. Based on the 19th century novel by Flaubert, Salammbo was reappropriated and recontextualised by Druillet in this masterwork. Transposing the ancient Punic Wars into his space fantasy universe, and splicing the identity of the novel's Mathô with his favorite character, Lone Sloane, Druillet works his intoxicatingly psychedelic magic on a literary classic, reinvigorating it from the inside out with his own transcendent storytelling.
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"Druillet offers a new science-fictional take on Flaubert's 1862 protoheroic story ... staggeringly vibrant " - Publisher's Weekly" "Quite spectacular ... an interesting and sometimes unexpected reimagining of Flaubert's story. Five stars" - NB Magazine
Philippe Druillet is a comics artist and writer, known for his innovative approach to visual design. In the US, he's best known for his graphic adaptation of Michael Moorcock's hit fantasy series, Elric, the Return to Melnibone, and his work for Heavy Metal, such as City of Flowers.
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Hardcover. Zustand: USED_FINE. First English edition. Based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert. Translated by Edward Gauvin. Quarto. Illustrated in color. Fine in pictorial boards. A graphic novel that re-imagines Flaubert's novel in a space fantasy universe with Druillet's iconic character, Lone Sloane. Artikel-Nr. 582363
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Gebunden. Zustand: NEW. A heady perfume of blood and rage across the stars featuring Philippe Druillet s legendary Lone Sloane.Über den AutorPhilippe Druillet is a comics artist and writer, known for his innovative approach to visual design. In the US,. Artikel-Nr. 267021875
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