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It Don´t Come Easy
Philippe Dupuy
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Description for It Don´t Come Easy
Paperback. Beginning as a young Parisian bachelor, defeatist writer, and urban bon vivant, Jean has reluctantly transitioned into a family man of forty, learning how to live with, and ultimately love those around him unconditionally. Num Pages: 224 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171. .
Since the character of Monsieur Jean first walked onto the page in 1998, he has endeared himself to readers, maturing with each frantic, surreal, heart-warming episode. Beginning as a young Parisian bachelor, defeatist writer, and urban bon vivant, Jean has reluctantly transitioned into a family man of forty, learning how to live with, and ultimately love those around him unconditionally. Constantly surrounded by a group of childhood class- mates, an unbearably idealistic live-in friend Felix and his adopted son, Eugene, as well as his sweet daughter Julie, Jean questions life and those of others ... Read more
Since the character of Monsieur Jean first walked onto the page in 1998, he has endeared himself to readers, maturing with each frantic, surreal, heart-warming episode. Beginning as a young Parisian bachelor, defeatist writer, and urban bon vivant, Jean has reluctantly transitioned into a family man of forty, learning how to live with, and ultimately love those around him unconditionally. Constantly surrounded by a group of childhood class- mates, an unbearably idealistic live-in friend Felix and his adopted son, Eugene, as well as his sweet daughter Julie, Jean questions life and those of others ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770462885
SKU
V9781770462885
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99-99
About Philippe Dupuy
Renowned Parisian cartoonists Charles Berberian and phillipe Dupuy met and began collaborating on a number of fanzines in the early 1980s. Since then, the pair have become known as two of the most important figures in French cartooning today; their collection of comics, illustrations, and art books over the last thirty years garnering them a lifetime achievement award The Grand ... Read more
Reviews for It Don´t Come Easy
The ... artwork is breezy, simple and very European (everyone's got gigantic, near-abstract noses, and the landscapes of Paris and Lisbon are lovingly caricatured); its smooth playfulness helps to alleviate the sting of its well-aimed darts toward the moments when the bohemian life begins to curdle. -Publishers Weekly