Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From master illustrator and storyteller Chaboute comes his internationally bestselling graphic novel Alone, featuring stunning black ink visuals--now available to American audiences for the first time
Every week, a boat bring supplies and leaves it on a tiny lighthouse island, only to have them later consumed by a unseen figure--a figure who seems mythological in his continual absence.
And who is this person, living fifty years on that rock? Why does he never leave? What keeps him isolated at the lighthouse? What is it like to be that alone in one's mind, consumed with anxiety about the world?
Filled with stunning visuals of a rich interior life, Alone is Chaboute's masterpiece, a tale where tenderness, despair, and humor intertwine in the life of one lonely man, teaching us something about the human experience and the world as a whole.
Synopsis
Available in English for the first time--the internationally bestselling graphic novel and official selection at the prestigious Festival d'Angouleme by master illustrator-storyteller Chaboute (Park Bench, Moby-Dick).
Every week a boat leaves supplies on a tiny lighthouse island, only to have them later consumed by an unseen man--a figure mythological in his continual absence. Who is this person, living fifty years on that rock? Why does he never leave? Why does he never make himself seen? What is it like to be so alone?
When a new boatman, understanding hardship himself, starts to ask those very questions, a chain of events unfolds that will change the lonely lighthouse resident's life forever.
Filled with stunning visuals of a rich interior life, Alone is Christophe Chaboute's masterpiece, a tale where tenderness, despair, and humor intertwine in the life of one solitary man looking for connection, teaching us something about the human experience and the world as a whole.
Synopsis
Available in English for the first time--the internationally bestselling graphic novel and an Official Selection at France's prestigious Angoul me Internaional Comics Festival by master illustrator-storyteller Chabout (Park Bench, Moby-Dick). On a tiny lighthouse island far from the rest of the world, a lonely hermit lives out his existence. Every week a supply boat leaves provisions, its occupants never meeting him, never asking the obvious questions: Who are you? Why do you hide? Why do you never leave? What is it like to be so alone?
Years spent on a deserted rock--a lifetime, really--with imagination his sole companion has made the lighthouse keeper something more than alone, something else entirely. For him, what lies beyond the horizon might be...nothing. And so, why not stay put? But one day, as a new boatman starts asking the questions all others have avoided, a chain of events unfolds that will irrevocably upend the hermit's solitary life....
Filled with stunning and richly executed black-and-white illustrations, Alone is Chabout 's masterpiece--an unforgettable tale where tenderness, despair, and humor intertwine to flawlessly portray how someone can be an everyman, and every man is someone.
Translated from the French by Ivanka Hahnenberger.