Libérame

Favole #2

by Victoria Francés

Victoria Francés sorprendió a todo el mundo con la aparición de FAVOLE 1: LÁGRIMAS DE PIEDRA , su primer trabajo. A través de un relato ilustrado, nos sumerge en una atmósfera gótica y siniestra, con unas dosis de romanticismo difíciles de igualar. Tras este buen sabor de boca, por fin llega FAVOLE 2: LIBÉRAME. De nuevo, preciosas ilustraciones se fundirán a la perfección con la belleza de la prosa más poética para conmover a las almas más sensibles. Caminando entre vampiros, brujas y espectros, Favole nos llevará a través de oscuros y oníricos parajes para continuar la búsqueda de su amado Ezequiel.

Genres: Art, Fantasy, Horror, Comics, Graphic Novels, Gothic, Vampires

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Frances was born in Valencia but spent much of her infancy in Galicia.

She attended the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where she studied Fine Arts at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. There she started working as an illustrator while also designing various book covers and other commissioned pieces.

Her first illustrated book, Favole, a remembrance of Verona, Venice and Genoa, was first released on 23 April 2003. It was moderately successful, but she returned to the University to continue to study art. She made her first public appearance at the Saló del Còmic fair in Barcelona on March 8, 2004. She toured Madrid and the U.S. the following year.

Soon after, Favole II and Favole III followed. Her most recent published work is called El Corazón de Arlene (Arlene's heart) in 2008. Her illustrations have also been featured on posters, calendars and jigsaw puzzles.

Reviews

[Itziar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si bien las ilustraciones del primer tomo ne gustan más y este contiene algunas de mis favoritas de la autora, las historias de este segundo me gustan más.

[Chelo Moonlight · Rating 4 out of 5]

La segunda parte de la novela gráfica Favole y mi parte favorita

Este fragmento de la historia está mucho mejor hilado. Nos habla principalmente de la protagonista, Favole.

Las ilustraciones, como siempre, son simplemente perfectas.

[O'Flaherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would love to get a tattoo out of this beautiful art

[Marion Catherine Rey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favole après des éternités va tout faire pour retrouver son amour Ezequiel.
A Venise elle rencontre Sasha, un petit garçon perdu et seul comme elle.
Ensuite lors de son voyage, elle tombe sur une sorcière, Ebony. Qui désire plus que tout se venger des gens qui l'ont abandonné. Seule, livrée à elle même dans la forêt. Elle a appris tout ce qu'il fallait pour devenir sorcière. Un soir elle invoque Favole et lui demande son aide par un baiser afin d'achever sa vengeance.
Favole après avoir tenté d'aider cette jeune sorcière, rencontre le jeune et bel Abel, fils de Marquise, qu'elle avait eu de son ange de pierre adorée. Abel donne le Necross de sa mère à Favole afin qu'elle puisse retrouver le chemin du château d'Ezequiel.

[Joana Almeida · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Set Me Free” is the second volume, where we follow our condemned Favole in her journey through Venice and in the direction of her beloved dark Prince Ezequiel. During her journey we meet Sasha, a small boy from Venice, Ebony, a witch cast aside by her family, and Abel, son of the Romanian Princess Marquisse, whose story we learned in the first book, and now we get to see what happened years later. Once again full of gothic and romantic poetry, the author leaves our imagination full of abandoned castles, gondolas strolling under a moonless night and restless spirits searching for love , vengeance and redemption.

[Mafalda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prefiro as ilustrações do primeiro livro, ainda que goste muito das deste segundo. Novamente, a história não é grande coisa, apesar de que, desta vez, parece haver uma linha de narrativa mais bem definida.

Este livro fala-nos da viagem do espectro de Favole em busca do seu querido príncipe vampírico e da sua própria salvação.

Irrita-me o facto de Favole ter adquirido uma marca na sua face, a meio da história, mas as ilustrações foram arranjadas de tal modo, no livro, que o lado em que a marca aparece não é consistente.

[Natalie ♊️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

🖤🥀"Το φυλαχτό αυτό θα σου δείξει το δρόμο προς τη λύτρωση, που μέχρι τώρα ήταν κρυμμένος στην αιώνια καταδίκη σου. Το αληθινό πεπρωμένο σου ξεκινά σήμερα, Φάβολε. Άνοιξε τα μάτια σου για μια νέα ζωή..." 🖤🥀

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨️𝟑.𝟓/𝟓

[Joana · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️
As ilustrações continuam maravilhosas. A narrativa é menos densa em relação ao primeiro livro, o que é um ponto positivo. Ainda assim, não é fluída nem bem desenvolvida o suficiente para chegar às 4⭐️

[Niek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stunning art combined with a sad and dark story, split into 3 nice chapters. A story that is written (translated? - Dutch) much better than the first book, yet somewhat less poetic.

[Akenji100 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Segunda parte de esta triología de Favole.

En esta segunda parte se nos presentan nuevos personajes con ilustraciones maravillosas.

Nos acercamos al final de está romántica y sombría historia

[Ilaria Massariol · Rating 5 out of 5]

MERAVIGLIA, DA LEGGERE E AMMIRARE ASSOLUTAMENTE ANCHE SOLO PER I DISEGNI DI VICTORIA FRANCÉS ❤️

[Carina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my favourite volume of Favole, it is the one I read first and it is the one where I actually own some of the pictures.

As with "Stone Tears" there are three stories contained within "Set Me Free". Whereas the vampire Ezequiel was the link for the first volume, Favole is the common thread in this. Out of the three stories I would say that Ebony's is my favourite and has some of the more beautiful pictures, whilst the final story, Abels, has a link back to Marquise of volume one.

It is more obvious in this volume that a plot is being followed and it does seem more that the plot came first and the pictures after (something that I was never too sure on with volume one).

If I were to recomend just one page of these books it would also be from this volume, page 9, the chapter heading for The Venetian Fairy - part sketch, part picture the detail on this half image is just exquisite.

[Noodles · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the first Favole book, Marquise fell in love with a stone statue of an angel in a graveyard, with a passion that lasted beyond death. Victoria Frances draws so well that I could almost do the same with her characters. They have such beauty, intense sadness and tragedy that they look out of the page like real people. The writing is poetic, even a little confusing at times. The whole effect is a blurring together of the physical and spirit worlds, of fantasy and reality, nature and the human world. If you can relate to the sadness and longing that is the core of her work, Victoria is captivating.

[Tabitha Vohn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first discovered Victoria Frances years ago when the happy go lucky artwork of Amy Brown was beginning to simmer. I was full into my Gothic faze (I'll never wholly recover, ha ha).

Victoria's artwork is evocative and haunting. The faces of her muses are exquisitely drawn. There is pain there; beauty, resignation, beckoning.

Often, I wonder if something is not lost in the English to Spanish translation; I wish I read Spanish.

Nevertheless, these books are worth the selling price to own the darkly sensual paintings and sketches alone.

[Lady Entropy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely lovely art. The only reason why it doesn't get a 5 star rating is because the artist seems to think she's a writer too, and tries to dazzle us with some of the more laughable examples of purple prose with gothic undertones I've read in a few years. Try reading the "girl who chokes on apple and dies during her first period" bit without laughing.

I dare you.

[Melissa Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the art in this book (as I did with all her other books). It is very dark and yet very beautiful. Every drawing is breath takingly detailed and very stimulating to the senses. If you love vampires, you'll love this book. I highly recommend it!

[H. Anne Stoj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, beautiful, beautiful art. I don't really understand the story, but it's not a thing that bothers me over much as the language is pretty. It's not a lack of plot, just that it's a bit muddled.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

story-wise, it's a 14 year old girl's fantasies. But you don't buy it for the story, you buy it for the art, and that's really good. Normally I wouldn't rate it, but for its countless cliches, the plot is only a fragment of an overall story I haven't read, so I'll focus on the art alone

[Onírica · Rating 2 out of 5]

La parte visual es una delicia, pero la historia no la acompaña y le hace un flaco favor. Es pueril y simplona, una lástima.

[R · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art of Victoria's books is very good.
Unfortunely the story doesn't follow the same path and is quite basic

[Dimitra · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING drawings!!!
Beautiful short story!
I love V.F. works so so sooooooooooooo much!!!
And this one was much much darker and spooky... But I really loved it!
Especially the male vampire... :P

[Novalynda Black · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beter dan deel 1, maar ik heb deel 3 niet...

[Mariana · Rating 2 out of 5]

A arte está absolutamente genial. A história, por seu lado, é demasiado simples e pouco desenvolvida.

[Γιώργος Μπελαούρης · Rating 2 out of 5]

beautiful art
lazy writing

[Nati Ferrino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este hermoso tomo trata temas tristes con una dulzura muy bella. Las ilustraciones son un tesoro cada una, y para mí una valiosa fuente de inspiración.