Savages Lucie Lamova

Savages

Autor: Lucie Lomova

EAN: 9781912278381

Typ publikacji: książka

Strony: 152

SID: 3358148

Savages

A graphic novel based on real events, as captured in his journals by a young Czech explorer andbotanist, Alberto Vojtch Fri. In the winter of 1908 he returned to Europe from Paraguayaccompanied by Cherwuish, a member of an indigenous tribe afflicted by a mysterious disease. Acaptivating story depicting the encounter between two men from two entirely different cultureswhose paths crossed for a short time. A fascinating comic-form narrative laced with humour story of Cherwuish is a true story. And it was in every respect as incredible, amusing andbittersweet as Lucie Lomov has drawn it. First published in instalments in the popular Czechjournal Pestr tden in 1943, it was written in his old age by the legendary explorer and collector ofcacti A.V. Fri. In those days, as a protest against the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, hegrew a full beard of the kind favoured by South American barbudos, and would not leave his World War II writing became one of the few sources of his income. The adventures of asavage in the civilised world, written with grace, humour and empathy, gradually expanded into agreat existential narrative not just that of Cherwuish but equally of Fris own personal story. Thetale of a brave adventurer, a free spirit who sometimes acted impulsively, a dreamer and a brawler,an intrepid explorer of blank spots on the global map and in the human mind, endowed with a greatgift for observation and also for asking good questions, an interpreter of truths experienced at firsthand, a defender of the values of Lomov is the best-known woman Czech comic art author of the new, postcommunistgeneration, with three coveted Muriel Prizes for comic art to her name. She is also a prolificillustrator, and her books have been translated into German, French, Hungarian and Polish.