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Esta história, inspirada em factos reais, desenrola-se no ano de 1832, em Canterbury, uma pequena cidade tranquila do Connecticut, trinta anos antes da abolição da escravatura, na região norte dos Estados Unidos onde esta já fora abolida. Aqui, os negros são «livres», mas não têm nenhum direito de cidadania. Negros, aliás, há muito poucos. E a maioria branca que ali vive pensa muitas vezes que ainda assim são de mais…
Prudence Crandall administra uma escola para meninas. Um dia, uma menina negra pede para se inscrever. É o início de uma batalha entre a “comunidade” de Canterbury e a escola que se tornará a primeira escola exclusiva para meninas negras nos Estados Unidos.
Classificado como local histórico nacional, o museu Prudence Crandall, vestígio da Canterbury Female Boarding School, comprometeu-se com a luta pela equidade na educação, inscrevendo a escola no coração da história da luta mundial pelos direitos cívicos e encorajando o seu público a tomar parte no debate cívico e nas acções civis.
Prudence Crandall administra uma escola para meninas. Um dia, uma menina negra pede para se inscrever. É o início de uma batalha entre a “comunidade” de Canterbury e a escola que se tornará a primeira escola exclusiva para meninas negras nos Estados Unidos.
Classificado como local histórico nacional, o museu Prudence Crandall, vestígio da Canterbury Female Boarding School, comprometeu-se com a luta pela equidade na educação, inscrevendo a escola no coração da história da luta mundial pelos direitos cívicos e encorajando o seu público a tomar parte no debate cívico e nas acções civis.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published January 15, 2021
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Wilfrid Lupano
109 books120 followersWilfrid Lupano is a French comics writer. Born in Nantes, he spent most of his childhood in Pau. Growing up, he buried himself in his parents’ comics-book collection, and his wild imagination and interest in writing stems from a love of role-playing games.
As a young adult Lupano worked as a server to finance his studies in philosophy and English. With his friends and creative partners, Roland Pignault and Fred Campoy, he created the humorous western Little Big Joe, among other works.
As a young adult Lupano worked as a server to finance his studies in philosophy and English. With his friends and creative partners, Roland Pignault and Fred Campoy, he created the humorous western Little Big Joe, among other works.
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August 17, 2025
In a Nutshell: A graphic novel about the first Black girls’ school in the USA. Great historical insights, but too short to do justice to the storyline. Still, worth a pick for the light it shines on a relatively unknown part of history. Better suited to older teens and adults as it is quite dark and upsetting.
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This graphic novel was first published in French under the title "Blanc autour" in 2021. This English translation, under a new title, came out in Feb 2025. (There is another English edition that was released in 2021 titled "White All Around.")
The cover and the tagline: “America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832” made me get this graphic novel as soon as I saw it. The illustrative style made me assume that this would be a middle-grade graphic novel. But the content is quite dark, making this suitable only to older teens and above.
The book begins with a helpful foreword, which was quite beneficial to the likes of me who are not so aware of US history. There is also a parting note by the curator of the Prudence Crandall Museum, offering more details on the content not covered in the novel.
As a lover of historical fiction, I was fascinated by this depiction of what would have surely been a revolutionary and risky idea. Crandall was a brave woman, and her students were also courageous enough to stand by their white teacher when everyone else questioned their presence in town. I love that the book also included the supportive Mr. Crandall, Prudence’s father. He was the main source of joy in this book.
The content highlights how the prohibition of slavery meant nothing if the “slaves” were to have no basic rights under the law. It also includes the dread in the white Americans after the Nat Turner rebellion, and their discriminatory societal attitude. One of the Black characters in the book is also against the idea of the Black girls going to school; it was interesting to see this opposing voice from within the community and hear his point of view.
If all the above were the only points that mattered, the book would have been an easy five star. However, intent alone isn't enough. The content is hardhitting, but certain writing choices stop it from being memorable.
The book begins quite slowly, with there being a plethora of characters at the start and no introductions. It finally gets into the groove at about the 20% mark. However, while the story tries to be extensive, it ends up scratching only the surface level of the issues. There is not much depth to some of the events, and the overall effect seems quite shallow, going wide than deep. There are several questions left unanswered, as the story covers only “what happened” without going into much detail about the “why” and “how”.
Further, certain plot inclusions (and even inclusions of nudity in the illustrations) weren’t warranted. I also wasn’t very convinced about the portrayal of the “noble savage”, nor did I like the “white witch” track that felt so disconnected from the rest of the story. Lastly, though I did like some of the humour in the plot, I think it took away from the seriousness of the issue. (I remember having the same complaint about the author's only other graphic novel I have read, 'The Library Mule of Cordoba'.)
The font isn't very reader-friendly, at least in the digital edition. I had to strain my eyes hard to make out what was written.
The illustrations are too cartoonish for such a serious topic. They are in the same style as the cover art, but given the actual content, the contradiction between the children’s-book-style graphics and the disturbing events is jarring. A few of the pages contain no text at all, but the sketches aren’t clear enough to easily figure out what was happening.
Overall, I did love learning about this possibly forgotten part of US history. I just wish the story development had been tackled better. Regardless, it is a good option for those who would like to learn more about this dark part of USA’s past. After all, we stand on the shoulders of those that came before us, and it is thanks to such historical braveheart women as Prudence Crandell and Sarah that we the women of today don’t even need to think twice about wanting to educate ourselves.
3.25 stars.
This was a library read.
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1832. Canterbury, Connecticut. When young Sarah has questions about the oddities she sees in nature, she goes to Prudence Crandall, a young white woman who runs a boarding school, for clarifications. Seeing Sarah’s curiosity sparks an idea in Prudence and she takes Sarah as her first Black student. She is motivated enough to advertise for more Black students to join them. Thus, thirty years before the abolition of slavery, in a place where Blacks were legally free but practically without civil rights, fifteen girls become a happy part of the Crandall school. But the rest of the population in the little town isn't happy.
This graphic novel was first published in French under the title "Blanc autour" in 2021. This English translation, under a new title, came out in Feb 2025. (There is another English edition that was released in 2021 titled "White All Around.")
The cover and the tagline: “America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832” made me get this graphic novel as soon as I saw it. The illustrative style made me assume that this would be a middle-grade graphic novel. But the content is quite dark, making this suitable only to older teens and above.
The book begins with a helpful foreword, which was quite beneficial to the likes of me who are not so aware of US history. There is also a parting note by the curator of the Prudence Crandall Museum, offering more details on the content not covered in the novel.
As a lover of historical fiction, I was fascinated by this depiction of what would have surely been a revolutionary and risky idea. Crandall was a brave woman, and her students were also courageous enough to stand by their white teacher when everyone else questioned their presence in town. I love that the book also included the supportive Mr. Crandall, Prudence’s father. He was the main source of joy in this book.
The content highlights how the prohibition of slavery meant nothing if the “slaves” were to have no basic rights under the law. It also includes the dread in the white Americans after the Nat Turner rebellion, and their discriminatory societal attitude. One of the Black characters in the book is also against the idea of the Black girls going to school; it was interesting to see this opposing voice from within the community and hear his point of view.
If all the above were the only points that mattered, the book would have been an easy five star. However, intent alone isn't enough. The content is hardhitting, but certain writing choices stop it from being memorable.
The book begins quite slowly, with there being a plethora of characters at the start and no introductions. It finally gets into the groove at about the 20% mark. However, while the story tries to be extensive, it ends up scratching only the surface level of the issues. There is not much depth to some of the events, and the overall effect seems quite shallow, going wide than deep. There are several questions left unanswered, as the story covers only “what happened” without going into much detail about the “why” and “how”.
Further, certain plot inclusions (and even inclusions of nudity in the illustrations) weren’t warranted. I also wasn’t very convinced about the portrayal of the “noble savage”, nor did I like the “white witch” track that felt so disconnected from the rest of the story. Lastly, though I did like some of the humour in the plot, I think it took away from the seriousness of the issue. (I remember having the same complaint about the author's only other graphic novel I have read, 'The Library Mule of Cordoba'.)
The font isn't very reader-friendly, at least in the digital edition. I had to strain my eyes hard to make out what was written.
The illustrations are too cartoonish for such a serious topic. They are in the same style as the cover art, but given the actual content, the contradiction between the children’s-book-style graphics and the disturbing events is jarring. A few of the pages contain no text at all, but the sketches aren’t clear enough to easily figure out what was happening.
Overall, I did love learning about this possibly forgotten part of US history. I just wish the story development had been tackled better. Regardless, it is a good option for those who would like to learn more about this dark part of USA’s past. After all, we stand on the shoulders of those that came before us, and it is thanks to such historical braveheart women as Prudence Crandell and Sarah that we the women of today don’t even need to think twice about wanting to educate ourselves.
3.25 stars.
This was a library read.
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October 27, 2021
The true story of an all girls' school in Canterbury, Connecticut in 1832. So what's the big deal? 1) first, it's a girls's school in 1832, a rarity, as girls were not at this time seen as much worth educating, but a Quaker woman, Prudence Crandall, decided otherwise; 2) second, at some point, some actual black girls were quietly admitted to this school, an almost unheard of rarity, and 3) this school opened in the wake of the controversial Nat Turner Rebellion, where more than sixty members of slave-owning families were killed, the warning backlash from which killed thousands of black people and distrust about blacks living among whites spread across the country, and acts f cruelty and violence against said blacks, who just wanted to live free and happy in a land supposedly known for opportunity.
As Wilfred Lupano's historical fiction story has it, the Nat Turner story was taught in that school and one girl in part defended Turner. At one point some people in the town who did not want blacks living there attacked the school and (spoiler alert) burned it down. So: Not a happy ending. Except that all of the girls in the school kept learning, and thriving. And Ms. Crandall, who moved west, kept teaching.
Stephanie Fert's art seemed to me initially a little light-hearted for the subject matter, but given that the audience is children--maybe 4th grade?--and given that the subject matter has at the very least some dark and shameful historical dimensions as well as hopeful ones, maybe it is appropriate to keep it at least visually hopeful. Some inspirational stories here, for sure. Reminded me of Karen Hesse's Witness, about racism and the KKK in a small Vermont town in 1924.
As Wilfred Lupano's historical fiction story has it, the Nat Turner story was taught in that school and one girl in part defended Turner. At one point some people in the town who did not want blacks living there attacked the school and (spoiler alert) burned it down. So: Not a happy ending. Except that all of the girls in the school kept learning, and thriving. And Ms. Crandall, who moved west, kept teaching.
Stephanie Fert's art seemed to me initially a little light-hearted for the subject matter, but given that the audience is children--maybe 4th grade?--and given that the subject matter has at the very least some dark and shameful historical dimensions as well as hopeful ones, maybe it is appropriate to keep it at least visually hopeful. Some inspirational stories here, for sure. Reminded me of Karen Hesse's Witness, about racism and the KKK in a small Vermont town in 1924.
May 11, 2025
In Wilfrid Lupano's new graphic novel, African Americans may be free, but they are still shunned, discriminated against, and persecuted.
Miss Crandall's school for girls is a popular fixture in Canterbury, Connecticut . . . until she decides to accept black students. The villagers quickly turn on her, and show their displeasure in many ways from cutting off food supplies to more violent acts. There is page after wordless page filled with nothing but the angry, hate-filled faces of the townsfolk - which says far more than words ever could.
Stephane Fert's artwork is gorgeous, and looks more like children's book illustrations than typical graphic novel cartoons.
Sadly, the ending is not as lovely as the pictures, though the desire to learn has been kindled in the girls, and it seems they will continue their educations (and share their lessons), in other ways.
There is an extensive afterward explaining the history behind the story.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me view this beautiful book.
Miss Crandall's school for girls is a popular fixture in Canterbury, Connecticut . . . until she decides to accept black students. The villagers quickly turn on her, and show their displeasure in many ways from cutting off food supplies to more violent acts. There is page after wordless page filled with nothing but the angry, hate-filled faces of the townsfolk - which says far more than words ever could.
Stephane Fert's artwork is gorgeous, and looks more like children's book illustrations than typical graphic novel cartoons.
Sadly, the ending is not as lovely as the pictures, though the desire to learn has been kindled in the girls, and it seems they will continue their educations (and share their lessons), in other ways.
There is an extensive afterward explaining the history behind the story.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me view this beautiful book.
February 5, 2025
- Homens brancos velhos, muito velhos, estão algures a decidir entre eles se nós, jovens negras, temos o direito de estudar nesta escola.
Esta ode à resistência e à coragem vai ficar entre as minhas novelas gráficas preferidas. “Branco em Redor”, da autoria de dois franceses brancos, é um livro claramente feminista e anti-racista que prova que, apesar da pertinência do lugar da fala, o importante é ter o coração e o cérebro no sítio certo para se fazer uma bonita homenagem a mulheres que lutaram pela liberdade de instruir outras e pela liberdade de aprender com dignidade.
- Eu quero estudar Alexandre, o Grande, “A Ilíada”, Cristóvão Colombo, o Mayflower… Mas preciso de perceber a diferença entre um massacre ignóbil e uma conquista heroica. Porque não a consigo ver. (…) Porque é que o olhar muda? Porque é que a indignidade se transforma em glória?
Esta ode à resistência e à coragem vai ficar entre as minhas novelas gráficas preferidas. “Branco em Redor”, da autoria de dois franceses brancos, é um livro claramente feminista e anti-racista que prova que, apesar da pertinência do lugar da fala, o importante é ter o coração e o cérebro no sítio certo para se fazer uma bonita homenagem a mulheres que lutaram pela liberdade de instruir outras e pela liberdade de aprender com dignidade.
- Eu quero estudar Alexandre, o Grande, “A Ilíada”, Cristóvão Colombo, o Mayflower… Mas preciso de perceber a diferença entre um massacre ignóbil e uma conquista heroica. Porque não a consigo ver. (…) Porque é que o olhar muda? Porque é que a indignidade se transforma em glória?
February 16, 2021
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Such amazing people and history ; such floundering put story.
The grace of graphic novels is that it is a way of spreading stories in a simple way, sometimes on topics as important as this, so, on that side, it serves its purpose by highlighting the school for black girls created in 1832 in Connecticut. Not to mention that it could be said that it was the first integration of a black student in a school for white girls. But the canvas here falls short to demonstrate the courage and importance of the people who lived it. For the short time that could be.
It's difficult to understand the idea of "Free" without civil rights.
What it did help me was to learn about a piece of history that made me want to do a little more research on Prudence Crandall, a Quaker-educated woman who opens a boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut ("The Canterbury Female Boarding School" in 1831-1834). When 20-year-old Sarah Harris asks to be her student to teach other black girls later, the trouble begins. The parents protest and withdraw the white girls, and so Prudence ends up turning it into a boarding school for black girls in the face of opposition from all over town, and specially from her neighbor Andrew T. Judson(*), a politician, who previously supported her with her school.
Prudence ends up in jail, and they fight for the girls to continue in the school with laws and they manage to get a new law, but that is not enough because violence prevails.
The twist that Lupano gives to his novel is to introduce a black boy who lives in the woods and who recites the story of Ned Turner, who starred in a bloody rebellion and created a kind of even greater paranoia towards blacks who could read and write and that knew something of the biblical scriptures. It is in how he presents this child that I have a problem, because he seems too close to that of the 'good savage' (he even says he calls himself Feral) with his proclamations against "white" education.
And then he goes and puts that woman who lives in the forest (a witch?), And he puts feminism and the Goddess and all that story that I think he got a bit out of hand in wanting to put everything together with the education of the women and all the anti-patriarchal roll and against religion and traditional European education. It is too much together that you want to put here, diverting the focus from the main idea.
So, no, I am not satisfied with how this story is told. The History is so much better.
What I did like was how the girls interacted at school.
The art? Interesting color and palette.
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La gracia de las novelas gráficas es que es una forma de difusión de historias en forma sencilla, a veces de temas tan importantes como éste, así que, por ese lado, sirve su propósito destacando a la escuela para señoritas negras creada en 1832 en Connecticut . Eso sin contar que podria decirse que fue la primera integración de una alumna negra en una escuela de niñas blancas. Pero el lienzo aquí se queda corto para demostrar la valentía y la importancia de la gente que lo vivió. Por el breve tiempo que pudo ser.
Resulta dificil entender la idea de ser "libre" sin tener derechos civiles.
En lo que me sirvió a mi fue para conocer una pieza de la historia que me hizo querer investigar un poco más acerca de Prudence Crandall, una mujer educada como cuaquera quien abre un internado para niñas en Canterbury, Conneticut ("The Canterbury Female Boarding School" en 1831). Cuando una joven negra, Sarah Harris de 20 años le pide ser su estudiante para enseñarle después a otras chicas negras es cuando empiezan los problemas. Los padres protestan y retiran las niñas blancas, y así Prudence termina convirtiendole en un internado para señoritas negras frente a la oposición de todo el pueblo, y especialmente de su vecino Andrew T. Judson , un politico, quien anteriormente la apoyaba con su escuela. Prudence termina en la carcel, y se lucha porque las chicas sigan en la escuela con leyes y logran sacar una ley nueva, pero eso no es suficiente pues la violencia prevalece.
El giro que le da Lupano a su novela, es introducir a un niño negro que vive en los bosques y que recita la historia de Ned Turner, quien protagonizara una cruenta rebelion y creo una suerte de paranoia aun mayor hacia negros que supieran leer y escribir y que supieran algo de las escrituras bíblicas. Es en cómo presenta a este niño que tengo un problema, pues me parece demasiado cercano a eso del 'buen salvaje' (inclusive dice llamarse Feral) con sus proclamas en contra de la educación "blanca".
Y después va y mete a esa mujer que vive en el bosque (¿una bruja?), y mete feminismo y la Diosa y todo ese cuento que creo que se le pasó un poco la mano en quere meter todo junto con la educación de las mujeres y todo el rollo antipatriarcal y contra la religión y la educación tradicional eurpeo. Es demasiada cosa junta que quiere meter aqui, desviando el foco de la idea principal.
Así que, no, no me deja satisfecha como esta contado este cuento. La historia es mucho mejor.
Por otra parte, me gutó como interactuaban las chicas en la escuela, a pesar de ser diferentes y como pensaban.
¿El arte? Interesante color y paleta.
(*)Este politico perteneció al "American Colonization Society" que tenía la idea de enviar a los negros a Africa.
Such amazing people and history ; such floundering put story.
The grace of graphic novels is that it is a way of spreading stories in a simple way, sometimes on topics as important as this, so, on that side, it serves its purpose by highlighting the school for black girls created in 1832 in Connecticut. Not to mention that it could be said that it was the first integration of a black student in a school for white girls. But the canvas here falls short to demonstrate the courage and importance of the people who lived it. For the short time that could be.
It's difficult to understand the idea of "Free" without civil rights.
What it did help me was to learn about a piece of history that made me want to do a little more research on Prudence Crandall, a Quaker-educated woman who opens a boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut ("The Canterbury Female Boarding School" in 1831-1834). When 20-year-old Sarah Harris asks to be her student to teach other black girls later, the trouble begins. The parents protest and withdraw the white girls, and so Prudence ends up turning it into a boarding school for black girls in the face of opposition from all over town, and specially from her neighbor Andrew T. Judson(*), a politician, who previously supported her with her school.
Prudence ends up in jail, and they fight for the girls to continue in the school with laws and they manage to get a new law, but that is not enough because violence prevails.
The twist that Lupano gives to his novel is to introduce a black boy who lives in the woods and who recites the story of Ned Turner, who starred in a bloody rebellion and created a kind of even greater paranoia towards blacks who could read and write and that knew something of the biblical scriptures. It is in how he presents this child that I have a problem, because he seems too close to that of the 'good savage' (he even says he calls himself Feral) with his proclamations against "white" education.
And then he goes and puts that woman who lives in the forest (a witch?), And he puts feminism and the Goddess and all that story that I think he got a bit out of hand in wanting to put everything together with the education of the women and all the anti-patriarchal roll and against religion and traditional European education. It is too much together that you want to put here, diverting the focus from the main idea.
So, no, I am not satisfied with how this story is told. The History is so much better.
What I did like was how the girls interacted at school.
The art? Interesting color and palette.
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La gracia de las novelas gráficas es que es una forma de difusión de historias en forma sencilla, a veces de temas tan importantes como éste, así que, por ese lado, sirve su propósito destacando a la escuela para señoritas negras creada en 1832 en Connecticut . Eso sin contar que podria decirse que fue la primera integración de una alumna negra en una escuela de niñas blancas. Pero el lienzo aquí se queda corto para demostrar la valentía y la importancia de la gente que lo vivió. Por el breve tiempo que pudo ser.
Resulta dificil entender la idea de ser "libre" sin tener derechos civiles.
En lo que me sirvió a mi fue para conocer una pieza de la historia que me hizo querer investigar un poco más acerca de Prudence Crandall, una mujer educada como cuaquera quien abre un internado para niñas en Canterbury, Conneticut ("The Canterbury Female Boarding School" en 1831). Cuando una joven negra, Sarah Harris de 20 años le pide ser su estudiante para enseñarle después a otras chicas negras es cuando empiezan los problemas. Los padres protestan y retiran las niñas blancas, y así Prudence termina convirtiendole en un internado para señoritas negras frente a la oposición de todo el pueblo, y especialmente de su vecino Andrew T. Judson , un politico, quien anteriormente la apoyaba con su escuela. Prudence termina en la carcel, y se lucha porque las chicas sigan en la escuela con leyes y logran sacar una ley nueva, pero eso no es suficiente pues la violencia prevalece.
El giro que le da Lupano a su novela, es introducir a un niño negro que vive en los bosques y que recita la historia de Ned Turner, quien protagonizara una cruenta rebelion y creo una suerte de paranoia aun mayor hacia negros que supieran leer y escribir y que supieran algo de las escrituras bíblicas. Es en cómo presenta a este niño que tengo un problema, pues me parece demasiado cercano a eso del 'buen salvaje' (inclusive dice llamarse Feral) con sus proclamas en contra de la educación "blanca".
Y después va y mete a esa mujer que vive en el bosque (¿una bruja?), y mete feminismo y la Diosa y todo ese cuento que creo que se le pasó un poco la mano en quere meter todo junto con la educación de las mujeres y todo el rollo antipatriarcal y contra la religión y la educación tradicional eurpeo. Es demasiada cosa junta que quiere meter aqui, desviando el foco de la idea principal.
Así que, no, no me deja satisfecha como esta contado este cuento. La historia es mucho mejor.
Por otra parte, me gutó como interactuaban las chicas en la escuela, a pesar de ser diferentes y como pensaban.
¿El arte? Interesante color y paleta.
(*)Este politico perteneció al "American Colonization Society" que tenía la idea de enviar a los negros a Africa.
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September 8, 2025Esta história, inspirada em factos reais, desenrola-se em 1832, em Canterbury, uma pequena cidade tranquila do Connecticut, trinta anos antes da abolição da escravatura, na parte norte dos Estados Unidos onde já fora abolida. Aqui, os negros são «livres, mas não têm nenhum direito de cidadania. Negros, aliás, há muito poucos. E a maioria branca que ali vive pensa muitas vezes que ainda assim são de mais...
Antes de a pequena gigante Ruby Bridges enfrentar uma multidão enraivecida para assumir o seu lugar de direito naquilo que era, ainda então, uma escola só para brancos, e ainda antes de Mary Jane Patterson ser a primeira afro-americana a conseguir um bacharelato, em Oberlin, Prudence Crandall fundou a primeira escola para raparigas negras. Mas a revolução, no mundo dos homens, nunca é pacifica. Há sempre alguém que tem algo a dizer sobre os direitos das mulheres... E no Connecticut de 1832, mais uma vez, isso fica provado:
Homens brancos velhos, muito velhos, estão algures a decidir entre eles se nós, jovens negras, temos o direito de estudar nesta escola.
Com uma sensibilidade pouco habitual, a que as delicadas ilustrações dão corpo, Lupano e Fert dão vida a uma história de coragem, sem heroísmos fabricados - a história de Prudence Crandall e das suas alunas, um grupo de jovens fortes e ousadas que escreveram as primeiras páginas de um legado de igualdade e emancipação.
Nenhum dia é "penoso" nesta escola. É o mundo inteiro em seu redor que é uma provação.
Antes de a pequena gigante Ruby Bridges enfrentar uma multidão enraivecida para assumir o seu lugar de direito naquilo que era, ainda então, uma escola só para brancos, e ainda antes de Mary Jane Patterson ser a primeira afro-americana a conseguir um bacharelato, em Oberlin, Prudence Crandall fundou a primeira escola para raparigas negras. Mas a revolução, no mundo dos homens, nunca é pacifica. Há sempre alguém que tem algo a dizer sobre os direitos das mulheres... E no Connecticut de 1832, mais uma vez, isso fica provado:
Homens brancos velhos, muito velhos, estão algures a decidir entre eles se nós, jovens negras, temos o direito de estudar nesta escola.
Com uma sensibilidade pouco habitual, a que as delicadas ilustrações dão corpo, Lupano e Fert dão vida a uma história de coragem, sem heroísmos fabricados - a história de Prudence Crandall e das suas alunas, um grupo de jovens fortes e ousadas que escreveram as primeiras páginas de um legado de igualdade e emancipação.
Nenhum dia é "penoso" nesta escola. É o mundo inteiro em seu redor que é uma provação.
January 17, 2021
De superbes illustrations et un scénario bien pensé au service d’une histoire vraie ; celle de Prudence Crandall qui décida 30 ans avant l’abolition de l’esclavage que son école accueillerait désormais uniquement des jeunes filles noires. Un scandale dans une Amérique blanche patriarcale qui se sent menacée par le mouvement abolitionniste et la volonté des dominé•es de s’élever au-dessus de leur condition, notamment par l’instruction. Mais peut-on vraiment lutter contre le racisme en apprenant la culture et l’Histoire écrite par des blancs pour des blancs ?
La force de ce petit groupe de jeunes filles qui s’entraident et se soutiennent prend de l’ampleur au fil des pages. Les dialogues sont savoureux, les silences de certaines blanches aussi. On apprécie la postface qui donne davantage de contexte et éclaire la fin de la BD peut-être un peu trop brusque.
La force de ce petit groupe de jeunes filles qui s’entraident et se soutiennent prend de l’ampleur au fil des pages. Les dialogues sont savoureux, les silences de certaines blanches aussi. On apprécie la postface qui donne davantage de contexte et éclaire la fin de la BD peut-être un peu trop brusque.
April 12, 2021
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I'm incredibly excited to delve into this.
A brilliant book that deserves a review in due time, once I've gotten through this week. Lovely artwork and an even better cast of characters that suit this historical event so well.
A brilliant book that deserves a review in due time, once I've gotten through this week. Lovely artwork and an even better cast of characters that suit this historical event so well.
October 2, 2021
This tells the story of the founding of a school for African-American girls in 1830s Connecticut. The teacher is persecuted for bringing black students into the town, and the students face discrimination and violence from the townsfolk. It was a historical event that I was previously unaware of, so it is good to see this event get more exposure.
The art is attractive, but at times the art seems a little too cute for the subject matter, particularly in the more violent scenes.
The art is attractive, but at times the art seems a little too cute for the subject matter, particularly in the more violent scenes.
February 7, 2021
4.5
1832 in Canterbury, African Americans are FREE but have no civil rights. A small female boarding school was preparing to welcome its first black students.
Twenty colored girls can board at Miss Crandall's school. A law designed to shut her school down, she went to jail for a few days when she refused to pay. She tried hard for their school to become legal.
The parents are scared to send their kids to school but try changing their children's destiny. Sarah seeks the why and the how, and Eliza is the first student who arrived. In the meanwhile, slowly the school filled and people in town get more and more furious.
I liked the colors and pictures. This was a beautiful, heartbreaking, and sort of funny story about how people can become blind and unkind to each other. Highly Recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley, I have given an honest review of White All Around by Script by Wilfrid Lupano & art by Stéphane Fert.
1832 in Canterbury, African Americans are FREE but have no civil rights. A small female boarding school was preparing to welcome its first black students.
Twenty colored girls can board at Miss Crandall's school. A law designed to shut her school down, she went to jail for a few days when she refused to pay. She tried hard for their school to become legal.
The parents are scared to send their kids to school but try changing their children's destiny. Sarah seeks the why and the how, and Eliza is the first student who arrived. In the meanwhile, slowly the school filled and people in town get more and more furious.
I liked the colors and pictures. This was a beautiful, heartbreaking, and sort of funny story about how people can become blind and unkind to each other. Highly Recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley, I have given an honest review of White All Around by Script by Wilfrid Lupano & art by Stéphane Fert.
February 4, 2021
Un récit inspiré de faits réels, durs, violents et percutants, mais aussi, à mes yeux, beau et inspirant.
March 1, 2021
Canterbury, Connecticut in the 1830s. Prudence Crandall runs a boarding school for girls - white girls, that is. When Crandall, herself white, starts accepting black students, the town collectively freaks out. This doesn't stop Crandall, more black students arrive, and the situation escalate.
I had never heard of this story, and it is an interesting one. The book is nicely paced, and the illustrations are in the style of 1950s children's books, which is very charming.
Not a story with a happy ending, but worth reading.
(Picked up a review copy through NetGalley)
I had never heard of this story, and it is an interesting one. The book is nicely paced, and the illustrations are in the style of 1950s children's books, which is very charming.
Not a story with a happy ending, but worth reading.
(Picked up a review copy through NetGalley)
May 11, 2025
Thirty years before the U.S. Civil War, a Connecticut community turns on a white teacher who opens her boarding school to educating Black girls. It's a most vicious case of NIMBY, that resulted in an arrest, several court cases that would influence Supreme Court decisions over the next century, and mob violence.
Created by a couple of French dudes, this historical fiction sheds some facts and accuracy to give the story more immediacy by bringing us into the daily lives of the students. The end matter gives a little more detail about the real history.
Enlightening.
Created by a couple of French dudes, this historical fiction sheds some facts and accuracy to give the story more immediacy by bringing us into the daily lives of the students. The end matter gives a little more detail about the real history.
Enlightening.
July 23, 2021
Une très chouette BD, aux dessins et couleurs très agréables à parcourir et qui raconte un épisode méconnu de l'histoire américaine - l'histoire de celles et ceux à qui il a été refusé tant de choses pendant si longtemps...
C'est très touchant, ce groupe de filles/femmes noires qui s'unit pour faire valoir leurs droits à l'instruction. Mais c'est aussi un peu décourageant, ces personnages blancs qui se complaisent (certes pas tous, mais c'est une minorité) dans un système patriarcal et raciste. C'était avant mais il n'y a pas si longtemps que ça finalement, et quand on voit comment sont encore traités les noir‧e‧s aux États-Unis aujourd'hui, c'est effarant.
Une lecture agréable dans sa forme, mais surtout nécessaire dans son fond.
C'est très touchant, ce groupe de filles/femmes noires qui s'unit pour faire valoir leurs droits à l'instruction. Mais c'est aussi un peu décourageant, ces personnages blancs qui se complaisent (certes pas tous, mais c'est une minorité) dans un système patriarcal et raciste. C'était avant mais il n'y a pas si longtemps que ça finalement, et quand on voit comment sont encore traités les noir‧e‧s aux États-Unis aujourd'hui, c'est effarant.
Une lecture agréable dans sa forme, mais surtout nécessaire dans son fond.
June 13, 2021
petit gros et grand cœur de cœur pour cette belle bande-dessinée. nous parlons justement de Rosa Parks en classe, alors il y a un beau lien à faire entre ces deux histoires. «Blanc autour» est nécessaire et les illustrations sont absolument magnifiques. à lire vraiment vraiment!
November 24, 2023
4.5
Piękna kreska, historia oparta na prawdziwych wydarzeniach, opowiedziana w wyjątkowo ciekawy sposób. Komiks, który warto przeczytać.
Piękna kreska, historia oparta na prawdziwych wydarzeniach, opowiedziana w wyjątkowo ciekawy sposób. Komiks, który warto przeczytać.
February 15, 2021
20/20
Une BD historique qui rassemble tout ce que j’aime : des dessins sublimes et une histoire relatant un épisode méconnu en plein coeur de l’Amérique esclavagiste. Une merveille !
https://littleprettybooks.com/2021/01...
Une BD historique qui rassemble tout ce que j’aime : des dessins sublimes et une histoire relatant un épisode méconnu en plein coeur de l’Amérique esclavagiste. Une merveille !
https://littleprettybooks.com/2021/01...
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July 11, 2021Even in the land of the free, not all of America's children are welcome.
Well. WELL. This is a gut wrenching graphic novel about historical racism. It's a familiar enough story to those who know American history - white men at odds with Black women educating themselves - but the story of the Prudence Crandall School is new to me: a young white woman goes against the town of Canterbury to open a school for only Black girls in the 1800s. The white residents of the village oppose her actions and treat both Ms Crandall and the children terribly, but the ladies are determined to learn and defy the ridiculous restrictions placed upon them.
The artwork is simply stunning and vibrant and filled with warmth and colour. The women and girls that are the central focus of the story are wonderfully done. In addition to the lone lady teacher, and the girls aching to learn, you also encounter a woman living in the woods who has no love for the villagers, and a young boy who travels around regaling locals with tales of Nat Turner, a real life Black enslaved preacher who led a rebellion in 1831.
This is definitely well worth a read for everyone, although I'm sure it'll leave you just as furious and frustrated as it left me. Equality is for everyone, and we need more girls and women like the ones herein. I really appreciate this novel for highlighting this true, heart-breaking story of injustice, racism, determination and feminism.
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC
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Well. WELL. This is a gut wrenching graphic novel about historical racism. It's a familiar enough story to those who know American history - white men at odds with Black women educating themselves - but the story of the Prudence Crandall School is new to me: a young white woman goes against the town of Canterbury to open a school for only Black girls in the 1800s. The white residents of the village oppose her actions and treat both Ms Crandall and the children terribly, but the ladies are determined to learn and defy the ridiculous restrictions placed upon them.
The artwork is simply stunning and vibrant and filled with warmth and colour. The women and girls that are the central focus of the story are wonderfully done. In addition to the lone lady teacher, and the girls aching to learn, you also encounter a woman living in the woods who has no love for the villagers, and a young boy who travels around regaling locals with tales of Nat Turner, a real life Black enslaved preacher who led a rebellion in 1831.
This is definitely well worth a read for everyone, although I'm sure it'll leave you just as furious and frustrated as it left me. Equality is for everyone, and we need more girls and women like the ones herein. I really appreciate this novel for highlighting this true, heart-breaking story of injustice, racism, determination and feminism.
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC
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February 5, 2021
This beautifully illustrated and smartly written graphic novel of historical fiction tells the story of a time before the Civil War when Black people were free, but not equal. They were free, but unable to go to school [especially if they were women]. They were free, but unable to protest or even talk about their own ideas and beliefs. It is the story of a school that admitted Black girls and ended up being burnt down because of it.
People think that the North and life in the North for Black people was the "land of plenty" and for some, history shows, it was. But for many, just because they were free didn't mean oppression ceased. It didn't mean that they still had to work for very little or for nothing [in some cases - not everyone in the North was an abolitionist, as this story shows]. It shows that many thought it was okay that the Black people were free, but wanted to make sure "they knew their place". And all of this is told in this short graphic novel. It tells the story succinctly and the pictures often tell more than the words. This book is very well done and everyone should be reading this piece of history in my opinion. What good is history, especially your own, if you don't read it and know it?
Very well done.
Thank you to NetGalley, Wilfrid Lupano, Stephane Fert and Europe Comics for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
People think that the North and life in the North for Black people was the "land of plenty" and for some, history shows, it was. But for many, just because they were free didn't mean oppression ceased. It didn't mean that they still had to work for very little or for nothing [in some cases - not everyone in the North was an abolitionist, as this story shows]. It shows that many thought it was okay that the Black people were free, but wanted to make sure "they knew their place". And all of this is told in this short graphic novel. It tells the story succinctly and the pictures often tell more than the words. This book is very well done and everyone should be reading this piece of history in my opinion. What good is history, especially your own, if you don't read it and know it?
Very well done.
Thank you to NetGalley, Wilfrid Lupano, Stephane Fert and Europe Comics for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
February 11, 2021
100% ★★★★★
I can't do this. I was supposed to do an objective review about this book, but all I can do is cry and wanted to do this now because what I'm feeling is too strong right now. For all of you that don't know, I don't cry that usually, I have this barrier between me and the books that make me can read and not bring too emotional experiences to my life, but, man, I cried like a kid. Feral, you have my heart and I think this is my favorite character of all times, but I can't explain why because I don't want to ruin people experience with this book. 150 pages of pure beauty. The art is pure beauty, the story and all characters.
I can't do this the way I'm used to, because I wasn't waiting for this to impact me so hard, something that haven't happened for years. Just... this is the best thing I ever read by now, and I consider myself quite an old reader.
Read this, guys, is really important. Thanks for that, NetGalley, you made my day such better!
I can't do this. I was supposed to do an objective review about this book, but all I can do is cry and wanted to do this now because what I'm feeling is too strong right now. For all of you that don't know, I don't cry that usually, I have this barrier between me and the books that make me can read and not bring too emotional experiences to my life, but, man, I cried like a kid. Feral, you have my heart and I think this is my favorite character of all times, but I can't explain why because I don't want to ruin people experience with this book. 150 pages of pure beauty. The art is pure beauty, the story and all characters.
I can't do this the way I'm used to, because I wasn't waiting for this to impact me so hard, something that haven't happened for years. Just... this is the best thing I ever read by now, and I consider myself quite an old reader.
Read this, guys, is really important. Thanks for that, NetGalley, you made my day such better!
December 27, 2021
j’ai le shake… ces femmes sont magistrales, cette histoire m’était inconnue… coup de cœur 2021.
April 11, 2021
Je rejoins quelques critiques lues ici. C'est une BD pleine de bonnes intentions et même avec des passages beaux graphiquement ou forts dans leur message, mais plein de détails l'empêchent, selon moi, d'être une grande BD.
Côté points positifs, les couleurs sont vraiment superbes et d'une douceur absolue. Le découpage des cases s'autorise quelques folies, notamment sur les double pages et ça fonctionne très bien. La référence à Nat Turner, intrigue et se greffe bien au récit. Le focus sur une anecdote historique américaine (assez inconnue des Européens) comme celle-ci est rafraîchissant. Tout l'addendum historique en texte à la fin est une très bonne idée d'ailleurs. Et le fait que l'on nous présente une multitude de points de vue est intéressant entre les méchants conservateurs blancs, les jeunes pensionnaires noires, les abolitionnistes blancs, le jeune Charles, etc.
Mais c'est là aussi que commencent les problèmes : les points de vue sont assez peu développés et il y a beaucoup plus de pages consacrées au mécontentement des conservateurs (qui est un peu toujours la même chose) qu'au développement des filles après la mort d'un des personnages clés. Alors que finalement, ça aurait pu amorcer de belles discussions collectives entre les filles et la prof sur le contenu même des cours et le fait que celui-ci est moins neutre que la prof ne pouvait le penser. Et ce n'est pas à cause d'un manque de pages, puisqu'il y a le rajout de la sorcière blanche là-dessus qui est un perso dont je cherche encore l'utilité. Donc c'est un véritable choix de scénario et je trouve ça dommage.
Le fait de centrer tout le récit autour de la seule personne blanche, bien courageuse, qui a permis que cette école existe, me pose également problème. Alors, heureusement, on ne fait pas que la suivre, elle, et la fin vient nuancer sa réussite mais on flirte quand même pas mal avec le côté "white savior", alors que le récit s'appuie pourtant sur la figure de Nat Turner, qui s'est libéré tout seul et dont on questionne assez peu les motivations finalement.
Enfin, quelques mots font encore un peu tâches dans une BD en 2021, même mis dans la bouche de personnages racistes : le N-word et "boule de crin" lâché par la sorcière blanche à une petit fille noire. Je suis persuadé qu'on n'aurait pas perdu en réalisme historique sans ces termes, en revanche, on en aurait gagné en respect des lecteur•rices.
Je ne pense pas du tout que "Blanc autour" soit une mauvaise BD, j'ai peut-être même des idées d'utilisation de certaines de ses planches. En revanche, et même si le marché de la BD est encore bien maigre en BD scénarisées et dessinées par des personnes racisées, on ne devrait pas se satisfaire d'une BD qui ne fait pas beaucoup plus que "raconter"cette histoire, sans oser s'engager suffisamment pour pouvoir la lier à des thématiques plus actuelles. Un coup dans l'eau, alors qu'une des dédicaces de la fin de l'ouvrage, adressée à Nordy Gail (une femme très investie politiquement, présente sur Twitter, et qui donne des cours à des personnes immigrés et souhaitant apprendre le français) permet de créer un miroir touchant entre ces deux époques qui semblent pourtant n'avoir rien à voir en commun. Cette dédicace, la voici :
"Cet ouvrage est dédié à Nordy qui voit passer pas mal de pierres à travers ses fenêtres de classe." (Wilfrid Lupano)
Côté points positifs, les couleurs sont vraiment superbes et d'une douceur absolue. Le découpage des cases s'autorise quelques folies, notamment sur les double pages et ça fonctionne très bien. La référence à Nat Turner, intrigue et se greffe bien au récit. Le focus sur une anecdote historique américaine (assez inconnue des Européens) comme celle-ci est rafraîchissant. Tout l'addendum historique en texte à la fin est une très bonne idée d'ailleurs. Et le fait que l'on nous présente une multitude de points de vue est intéressant entre les méchants conservateurs blancs, les jeunes pensionnaires noires, les abolitionnistes blancs, le jeune Charles, etc.
Mais c'est là aussi que commencent les problèmes : les points de vue sont assez peu développés et il y a beaucoup plus de pages consacrées au mécontentement des conservateurs (qui est un peu toujours la même chose) qu'au développement des filles après la mort d'un des personnages clés. Alors que finalement, ça aurait pu amorcer de belles discussions collectives entre les filles et la prof sur le contenu même des cours et le fait que celui-ci est moins neutre que la prof ne pouvait le penser. Et ce n'est pas à cause d'un manque de pages, puisqu'il y a le rajout de la sorcière blanche là-dessus qui est un perso dont je cherche encore l'utilité. Donc c'est un véritable choix de scénario et je trouve ça dommage.
Le fait de centrer tout le récit autour de la seule personne blanche, bien courageuse, qui a permis que cette école existe, me pose également problème. Alors, heureusement, on ne fait pas que la suivre, elle, et la fin vient nuancer sa réussite mais on flirte quand même pas mal avec le côté "white savior", alors que le récit s'appuie pourtant sur la figure de Nat Turner, qui s'est libéré tout seul et dont on questionne assez peu les motivations finalement.
Enfin, quelques mots font encore un peu tâches dans une BD en 2021, même mis dans la bouche de personnages racistes : le N-word et "boule de crin" lâché par la sorcière blanche à une petit fille noire. Je suis persuadé qu'on n'aurait pas perdu en réalisme historique sans ces termes, en revanche, on en aurait gagné en respect des lecteur•rices.
Je ne pense pas du tout que "Blanc autour" soit une mauvaise BD, j'ai peut-être même des idées d'utilisation de certaines de ses planches. En revanche, et même si le marché de la BD est encore bien maigre en BD scénarisées et dessinées par des personnes racisées, on ne devrait pas se satisfaire d'une BD qui ne fait pas beaucoup plus que "raconter"cette histoire, sans oser s'engager suffisamment pour pouvoir la lier à des thématiques plus actuelles. Un coup dans l'eau, alors qu'une des dédicaces de la fin de l'ouvrage, adressée à Nordy Gail (une femme très investie politiquement, présente sur Twitter, et qui donne des cours à des personnes immigrés et souhaitant apprendre le français) permet de créer un miroir touchant entre ces deux époques qui semblent pourtant n'avoir rien à voir en commun. Cette dédicace, la voici :
"Cet ouvrage est dédié à Nordy qui voit passer pas mal de pierres à travers ses fenêtres de classe." (Wilfrid Lupano)
February 12, 2022
Absolument MAGISTRAL. Toujours autant charmé par le talent de Stephane Fert.
L'histoire, quant à elle, est révoltante. Néanmoins, elle est merveilleusement bien retranscrite. Touchante, et drôle à certains moments.
Vraiment énorme coup de cœur ❤️
L'histoire, quant à elle, est révoltante. Néanmoins, elle est merveilleusement bien retranscrite. Touchante, et drôle à certains moments.
Vraiment énorme coup de cœur ❤️
April 17, 2021
Incroyable! Enrichissant (pour un autre pan de notre Histoire qu'on ne connait pas), révoltant (pour ce qu'on fait subir à l'école des filles de couleur, pour les propos et les gestes racistes), réflexif (pour le point différent amené par le personnage de Sauvage). Et les illustrations, wow aussi! Toutes en douceur, qui contrastent avec le propos parfois violent.
May 24, 2023
Soy lágrimas.
Blanco alrededor, es un libro basado en una historia real que sucedió en 1832 y que marcó una gran pasó para el avance en la educación de las niñas afroamericanas.
La historia ha sido muy triste, por el hecho de que pese al avance de la sociedad, aún siguen existiendo las limitaciones educativas para las mujeres, aún existe el racismo y aún existen los prejuicios.
No sé, cuándo terminará esto, pero lo que si estoy segura, es que mientras existan niñas que deseen aprender y personas, dispuestas a enseñarles, el mundo seguirá en pie.
El epílogo del libro en donde salen las niñas que estudiaban en el colegio de Prudence, siendo profesoras o activistas, me sanó un poco el corazón, simplemente porque sentí tanto respeto por el hecho de que ellas siguieran adelante y que jamás perdieran su convicción por cambiar las cosas.
JOYITA.
Blanco alrededor, es un libro basado en una historia real que sucedió en 1832 y que marcó una gran pasó para el avance en la educación de las niñas afroamericanas.
La historia ha sido muy triste, por el hecho de que pese al avance de la sociedad, aún siguen existiendo las limitaciones educativas para las mujeres, aún existe el racismo y aún existen los prejuicios.
No sé, cuándo terminará esto, pero lo que si estoy segura, es que mientras existan niñas que deseen aprender y personas, dispuestas a enseñarles, el mundo seguirá en pie.
El epílogo del libro en donde salen las niñas que estudiaban en el colegio de Prudence, siendo profesoras o activistas, me sanó un poco el corazón, simplemente porque sentí tanto respeto por el hecho de que ellas siguieran adelante y que jamás perdieran su convicción por cambiar las cosas.
JOYITA.
May 23, 2023
Un graphique inspiré d’une histoire vraie, touchant, a l’esthétique originale.
Instructif notamment en préface et postface où des textes donnent le contexte réaliste de ce graphique, je le conseille à tous. Plutôt soft compte tenu du contexte historique ségrégationniste il peut être mis dans de nombreuses mains. Une certaine chaleur et douceur se dégage des planches.
« L’Amérique blanche a peur de certains de ses enfants. »
Plutôt un 4,5/5
Instructif notamment en préface et postface où des textes donnent le contexte réaliste de ce graphique, je le conseille à tous. Plutôt soft compte tenu du contexte historique ségrégationniste il peut être mis dans de nombreuses mains. Une certaine chaleur et douceur se dégage des planches.
« L’Amérique blanche a peur de certains de ses enfants. »
Plutôt un 4,5/5
February 4, 2021
The drawing is exquisite and there’s an interesting take on the topic of History and education !
November 29, 2024
A arte deste livro e a sua história…. WOW.
January 11, 2021
Education. Egalité. La place des femmes dans la société. Violence.
Autant de sujets qui s'entremêlent dans ce récit basé sur des faits réels. Il donne envie de mettre quelques claques à des gens morts depuis très longtemps, mais c'est l'effet souhaité.
Montrer la bêtise et l'injustice. Montrer la rebellion, sous toutes ses formes.
Encore une fois, je ne peux que dire, Lupano sait écrire. Peu de mots, mais une narration efficace qui soulève plusieurs questions, plusieurs problèmes. Petit plus pour les biographies complémentaires et la bibliographie à la fin du livre.
- exemplaire reçue gratuitement par l'éditeur -
Autant de sujets qui s'entremêlent dans ce récit basé sur des faits réels. Il donne envie de mettre quelques claques à des gens morts depuis très longtemps, mais c'est l'effet souhaité.
Montrer la bêtise et l'injustice. Montrer la rebellion, sous toutes ses formes.
Encore une fois, je ne peux que dire, Lupano sait écrire. Peu de mots, mais une narration efficace qui soulève plusieurs questions, plusieurs problèmes. Petit plus pour les biographies complémentaires et la bibliographie à la fin du livre.
- exemplaire reçue gratuitement par l'éditeur -
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