Connexions 1

Product Code: 60685
Connexions 1
Connexions 1
Connexions 1
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Connexions 1
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Connexions 1

Connexions 1

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I can't say I understand what is going on, but the storytelling conceit and execution is beautiful and fascinating. The book is told entirely in isometric views of rooms and buildings, cutaway to reveal the characters as they move through their environment. Chris Ware is jealous.

From the publisher:

Planned in two volumes, Connections is a labyrinthine story that takes place in a large contemporary city.

In each of the six chapters of this first opus, we follow a different character. His story begins in a room, in a corner of the page. As he moves, he gradually reveals his environment, in isometric view, like some video games. Pierre Jeanneau sprinkles his story with zoom-ins on elements of the decor -- a photograph, a letter -- so many clues allowing the reader to reconstruct the past of the characters. As in a novel by Georges Perec, places and objects are part of the narrative. Connections depicts young adults all entering a new period of their lives: professional change, loss of a parental figure, birth of a child, return from a trip, etc. But we will discover other connections between these individuals whose lives are subtly intertwined...

Résumé

Prévu en deux tomes, Connexions est un récit labyrinthique qui se déroule dans une grande ville contemporaine.

Dans chacun des six chapitres de ce premier opus, nous suivons un personnage différent. Son histoire commence dans une pièce, dans un recoin de la page. En se déplaçant, il fait apparaître peu à peu son environnement, en vue isométrique, à la manière de certains jeux vidéos. Pierre Jeanneau parsème son récit de zooms sur des éléments du décor -- une photographie, une lettre -- autant d'indices permettant au lecteur de reconstituer le passé des personnages. Comme dans un roman de Georges Perec, les lieux et les objets sont partie prenante de la narration. Récit générationnel, Connexions met en scène de jeunes adultes entrant tous dans une nouvelle période de leur vie : changement professionnel, perte de figure parentale, naissance d'un enfant, retour de voyage, etc. Mais on découvrira d'autres connexions entre ces individus dont les vies s'entremêlent subtilement...

Jeanneau, Pierre

Condition & Attributes

Faint scratch to the cover otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket

Publishing Information

Villeurbanne, France
Editions Tanibis
2020
9782848410579

Physical Description

9.8 inches
7.5 inches
208 pages
color
Hardcover
pictorial boards
French

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