Juliette: Or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring

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Aleshia Jensen’s precise translation from the original French captures the nuances of how families talk to each other, alternating between sharpness and hilarity, as well as the cadences of small-town life. Her very first contribution to the graphic narrative world takes place in 2004, when her first comic is published; Une araignée, des tagliatelles et au lit, tu parles d´une vie. This work shows a firm experimental vocation, where Jourdy plays with the narrative possibilities of the media. Camille Jourdy is a writer and illustrator from France. Her other works include graphic novels Rosalie Blum and Les Vermeilles. She works with Moulin Roty, a toy company. ( From Drawn & Quarterly) Camille Jourdy’s marvellous new comic book begins with a train journey: a young woman, Juliette, is leaving Paris, and heading for the small town where she grew up. Exhausted by the city and the seething anxiety from which she has suffered ever since she was a girl, she longs for the awkward embrace of her somewhat complicated family: her divorcee father, now lonely enough to be on the dating apps; her mother, an amateur artist with bohemian leanings who has recently taken yet another younger lover; her older sister, Marylou, who though in possession of both a husband and two small children, is also having a one-day-a-week affair with a man who works in a fancy dress shop (he comes to her for joyful afternoon sex in her greenhouse, disguised as a bear, or a wolf, or a ghost).

Juliette • Montreal Review of Books

Je ne savais pas qu’il fallait venir costumé. Je vois pourtant que tu es déguisée en gâteau de Noël. Se abordan temas como la depresión, la hipocondría, los laberintos familiares, los secretos y el orgullo. Esta historia demuestra que todos estamos un poco cucús y que el miedo nos paraliza. Hacemos cosas extrañas por temor y no sabemos si es más por pánico por los demás o por nosotros mismos. Peut-être qu'ils finiront pas aller mieux. Peut-être que la vie peut-être aussi simple et aussi jolie qu'un caneton qui s'égaille dans une cuisine. Peut-être... Ou pas. Qui sait? Juliette" est une chronique douce-amère d'une famille comme les autres, l'histoire un peu banale -mais belle parce que banale- de ses membres qui tanguent et qui s'accrochent malgré leur mal de vivre. Juliette, « parisienne coincée » et hypocondriaque, vient se ressourcer quelques jours chez papa - problèmes de boulot ? Crise existentielle, en tout cas, qui se manifeste par un sentiment de vacuité et des bouffées d'angoisse. Sa soeur aînée Marylou a d'autres problèmes : mariée, mère de deux enfants, elle doit ruser pour passer un peu de temps avec son amant.Juliette ne va pas bien. D'aucuns pourraient dire qu'elle est dépressive, puisqu'il faut étiqueter les gens comme les bocaux de confiture. Elle traîne perpétuellement un air un peu triste, un peu paumé et s'inquiète constamment de son coeur qui bat trop vite. Ou pas assez. Elle décide donc de quitter Paris pour rentrer passer un peu de temps chez son père, sorte de Pierrot lunaire cynique et solitaire, rendu morose par un divorce difficile. depicts a milieu where full-blown depression is seldom more than a frame or two away. Most people look like they’re struggling with their weight; men are disinclined to shave but not quite ambitious enough to grow beards; smoking is seemingly required by law. The place to be, for many, is the local bar. Called Le Tropical, its ambience is as unlike a beach in Tahiti as could be imagined. But it is the neighbourhood nerve centre, practically the only informal gathering place in a setting that otherwise discourages such things.

Juliette by Camille Jourdy, translated by Aleshia Jensen - CBC.ca Juliette by Camille Jourdy, translated by Aleshia Jensen - CBC.ca

Me declaro fan máximo de Camile Jourdy y en concreto de esta historia. De hecho, a fecha de hoy, considero que es una de las mejores novelas gráficas que he leído. Directamente incluido en mi estantería de "joyitas". Her sister, a caregiver and mother of two, is carrying on an elaborate affair with a man from a costume shop. Her parents, separated, are now estranged. Father is sure he’s developing Alzheimer’s, though it’s more likely that he’s simply getting old. Mother, on the other hand, revels in the second act of her life as a free woman, an artist with a show at their local gallery to prove it. Et si je vous parlais de Juliette, écrite et dessinée par Camille Jourdy. C'est une merveilleuse BD tout en rondeur, presque en apesanteur. Les couleurs ont quelque chose qui rappelle du pastel. C'est un charme désuet, comme un tableau du Douanier Rousseau... Oh ! Oh ! It’s this second element that provides an indication of the other core themes of the book. Namely disappointment, the grief of dwindling dreams, the encroaching shadow of mortality and time passing. Or as Juliette and Polux allude to, the “tragic dimension.” While there is some crepuscular sadness here, the meat of the story is marbled with rich veins of humour, wonder and the loving touches that can only come from close observation. Our team of independent journalists takes pride in doing in-depth reporting and taking time to get it right. We're able to focus our attention on publishing impactful journalism in the public interest, and publish it for free for all to read, because we have the support of Tyee Builders.

From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada: Wordless and experimental, Joe Kessler’s “ The Gull Yettin” traces the disquieting connection between a young boy and the shape-shifting, birdlike creature that is obsessed with him. We follow the boy from the death of his family, through a perilous voyage across the water and into, for a time, the care of a woman who takes him in as if he were her own. The book is entitled Juliette, floating in the centre of the cover in a grassy clearing is a second, possibly alternative name: or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring. La tribu ne serait pas complète sans la mère qui a refait sa vie. Plusieurs fois. En ce moment, c'est avec un hippie, mais ça pourrait aussi bien être avec un banquier. Ce qu'elle veut, elle, c'est de la légèreté, du rire. Ce que son ex-mari ne lui donnait pas. Camile Jourdy es una genia y esta novela es un fiel reflejo de su mente cósmica. El dibujo es el más bonito del mundo, hay colores pastel y la tipografía es preciosa. Es, sinceramente, una obra de arte. Me ha gustado aún más que "Las Varamillas" y aún me queda por leer "Rosalie Blum". De verdad, la perspectiva de esta autora es única. No he leído nada parecido a esto. Me encanta.