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«Joann Sfar non è soltanto uno dei più dotati fumettisti e registi francesi, ma con questo suo nuovo romanzo si propone definitivamente anche come uno dei più acuti e profondi romanzieri europei» - Le Monde«Amare il prossimo può essere molto pericoloso, ma - ci spiega il sempre più geniale Joann Sfar - è anche l'unico modo per essere davvero artisti» - Le Magazine LittéraireIl problema è l'empatia, l'incapacità di impedire a se stessi di mettersi comunque in ascolto degli altri e del mondo. E che il mondo non sempre corrisponde all'idea che ci se ne fa. Se poi ci si è lasciati da un amore tormentato e si cerca consolazione e compagnia sui social, il rischio di cadere in una assurda e falsa trappola sentimentale è altissimo. Si comincia cliccando sulla foto profilo di una ragazza tra le «Persone che potresti conoscere» su Facebook, e ci si ritrova in una stazione di polizia. Si prosegue prendendo un cane e preoccupandosi che non mangi i propri gatti. Alla fine non si riesce a trovare pace per sei mesi. Ed è una storia vera... Un nuovo indispensabile capitolo del percorso autobiografico di Joann Sfar, scrittore dall'animo delicato ma tormentato, falsamente ingenuo e gioiosamente ipocondriaco, brillante, generoso e irresistibile come non mai. Uno straordinario romanzo sulla distanza tra realtà e rappresentazione, sull'arte, sulla creazione, sul sogno, e alla fine e soprattutto sull'amore e sul bisogno d'amore.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2019
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Joann Sfar
485 books508 followersJoann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
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July 24, 2018
Je ne connaissais pas cet auteur/dessinateur/réalisateur mais ce récit m'a assez plu.
Est-ce autobiographique ? Je ne sais pas, il dit que oui. En tous cas c'est curieux, mais agréable...
Et cette histoire d'amour curieusement virtuel, je l'ai déjà entendue... comme quoi... ça arrive !
Est-ce autobiographique ? Je ne sais pas, il dit que oui. En tous cas c'est curieux, mais agréable...
Et cette histoire d'amour curieusement virtuel, je l'ai déjà entendue... comme quoi... ça arrive !
November 23, 2017
Beaucoup aimé l'écriture. Mais l'histoire est tellement brouillonne que ça m'a lassée.
March 21, 2022
Rigolo ce roman de Sfar fait d’histoire vraie et vécue. Un truc un peu honteux de s’être fait arnaquer sur l’Internet par une femme monstrueusement belle. Tout ça alors qu’il ne se remet péniblement pas d’une rupture.
Et que lui-même ne se trouve pas forcément beau…
Et c’est aussi l’histoire d’un chien qui veut manger des chats, c’est chou et c’est drôle et c’est triste.
C’est comme toutes ses histoires, c’est brouillon, vite fait, foutraque, confus et merveilleux. C’est la vie qui va dans tous les sens.
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Et que lui-même ne se trouve pas forcément beau…
Et c’est aussi l’histoire d’un chien qui veut manger des chats, c’est chou et c’est drôle et c’est triste.
C’est comme toutes ses histoires, c’est brouillon, vite fait, foutraque, confus et merveilleux. C’est la vie qui va dans tous les sens.
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January 3, 2025
c'était nul ? ça va partir en bicloubook désolée je ne peux pas occuper de l'espace chez moi pour ça. Le pauvre il s'est fait pigeonner (arnaque a la belle femme sur Facebook) mais il n'y a aucune compassion qui peut émerger de son récit ? C'est l'histoire de "Mon Petit Renne" sur Netflix mais en moins sexy et palpitant :(( peut-être car c'est du vécu et pas de la fiction ??
C'est très éparpillé comme récit
Bonne continuation
C'est très éparpillé comme récit
Bonne continuation
September 4, 2018
tres tres drôle
June 15, 2019
Non ho capito esattamente dove si volesse arrivare. Però, signor Sfar, io ti adoro comunque e non vedo l'ora di leggere La Fortezza!
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