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However, it wasn't clear what that significance was, and for me, it felt like the use of this major world event in the plot was rather arbitrary and a bit voyeuristic. I understand it's meant to evoke handwritten notes, but I shouldn't have to squint to understand what was written. One in which she's a hardworking and high achieving professional in her field; and another in which she's is living in a squat with a man named Ruben after meeting him on her first day in Berlin, and about whom she knows little, other than that his carefree and roaming spirit is the exact opposite of her's. The muted color palleted and movement lines appropriately engage the written story, and I’d say if this was replaced by a different art style I may not have enjoyed the reading experience as much. Recrear aquest moment de la mà de Fior ha estat un regal molt millor del que em podia imaginar: les escenes i els dibuixos estan fets amb una cura que fa estremir, com si nosaltres mateixos fossin qui haguéssim descobert aquelles "coses meravelloses" que van albirar els dos homes a través d'un forat al mur.

It seems to be a rumination on the connection between the past and the future -- the latter symbolized by the 9/11 attack, which ends the book. Tan bon punt vaig saber que l'autor havia publicat Hypericon vaig córrer a comprar-me'l pensant, pobre innocent, que no podria igualar les sensacions del primer llibre que vaig llegir.They apparently will continue to publish a few titles each month, but these will only be available through other publishers, and mostly not in English editions. His most recent graphic novels The Interview, 5,000 KM Per Second and Celestia have been translated in English by Fantagraphics.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. The characters only react for a page or two AND THEN THE BOOK JUST ENDS with some speech about "The past and present are more connected than we realize".The story explores Teresa’s new life as she navigates her own ambitions and career, but also juggles her romantic entanglement with Ruben, a carefree man who’s attitude towards life directly opposes hers. For him, as for many of his contemporaries, Berlin in the late 1990s is a magical labyrinth in which getting lost is easy and fun.

Hypericum by Manuele Fior is a good fit for those seeking a poignant and visually stunning exploration of love, history, and personal growth, with a focus on the transformative power of time and the interconnectedness of human experiences. The other story has an Italian woman named Teresa getting the opportunity of a lifetime to help an exhibition in Berlin of the Tutankhamen’s treasures in 2001. Ho scoperto che rispetto ad altri lavori di Fior - che io leggo per la prima volta - questa graphic è leggermente inferiore. After the contract has been fully executed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of any retention periods required by tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes which are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.Personally, there wasn't enough context for their relationship to make it feel fully fleshed out or an integral part of the overall narrative. I would recommend this graphic novel for its: thoughtfulness, novel structure, heavy realism toward both romantic relationships and living abroad, and of course for it's well-executed illustrations.

I did find the flips between Teresa's present and the other archeologist team in the 1920s to be interesting, but it took me reading the synopsis to realize the perspective switch was supposed to be what Teresa reading in her book. This graphic novel follows Teresa, a scholar who travels to Berlin for an exhibition on Tutankhamen’s tomb. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time as described above. It's 2001, and Teresa, a young Italian suffering from insomnia and a generally fragile state of mind, has just arrived in Berlin with a grant to help organize an exhibit of Tutankhamen's treasure.

I don't like reaching for my translator and painfully typing it all in by hand, so I mostly ignored the non-English parts. Given this is really a woman’s journey of self discovery, I found the exploration of Teresa and Ruben’s relationship to be somewhat lacking. Overall, a very enjoyable read in which my only critiques are that some connections felt like they were included a little more as asides than subtly interwoven threads - especially the namesake plant which felt thrown in at the end of the story versus having been woven into the text earlier.