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Meet Cecile as she tries to help escaped prisoner-of-war JulienSarlat avoid capture during the Occupation of France in 1943 in this prequel tothe award-winning graphic novel, Flight of the Raven.Julien has escapedfrom a prisoner-of-war train headed for Germany, but fate intervenes when thetrain is bombed and among the victims a body is identified as his. Dead to theworld, he takes advantage of the situation and hides in the small village ofCambeyrac, using his secret observation post overlooking the village square towatch the permanent theater that people offer in the course of the day. Loves,hatreds, jealousies, cowardice, acts of heroism... nothing escapes theobserver's eye, especially not the beautiful waitress Cecile. Untilthe moment comes when, spectator no more, he must become an actor himself andmeet his destiny. This hidden life he had hoped to live was just a reprieve. Thebook also includes a portfolio of pin-ups and sketches featuring itsheroine.

It's been two years since the honor and glory soughtin the Great War (seen in Book One of this series) have become mutilated andblurred memories. The October Revolution in Russia exudes hope in the hearts ofthe oppressed and draws in Matteo, the son of a Spanish anarchist. Butfirst he stops in Collioure to visit his mother. That same evening he sees hisbeloved Juliet for a brief but memorable moment, and the next day with hisfather's friend Gervasio, Matteo departs for Petrograd with camera inhand to document the advent of the more just and honorable world of his ideals.But once there, he learns that those ideals may very well become victim of thedisputes and differences between the various factions leading the revolution.It's another tourdeforce from writer/artist JeanPierre Gibrat, telling theremarkable story of a century rich in great events and human tragedies. By the creator of the awardwinning Flight ofthe Raven.

"...V nashi dni na kazhdyj tovar pervoj neobkhodimosti est svoja kartochka s otryvnymi talonami. Navernoe, pora vvodit kartochki na nadezhdu. Ee ne khvataet bolshe vsego".Parizh, ijun 1944 goda. Zhannu, uchastnitsu frantsuzskogo soprotivlenija, arestovali po anonimnomu donosu. V tjuremnoj kamere ona znakomitsja s Fransua, melkim zhulikom. Nikto iz nikh i ne znal, chto eta vstrecha kruto izmenit ikh sudbu i stanet nachalom uvlekatelnogo prikljuchenija.Vmeste gerojam udaetsja bezhat i popast v samuju guschu opasnykh sobytij. Ikh zhdet beg po parizhskim krysham, netoroplivoe puteshestvie po rekam i kanalam Frantsii na bortu barzhi "Gimalai" i poisk propavshej sestry, kotoraja, sudja po vsemu, okazalas v lapakh fashistov..."Polet vorona" - eto trogatelnaja i dramaticheskaja istorija ljubvi vo vremena nemetskoj okkupatsii. Zdes net ozhestochennykh stsen srazhenij, prisuschikh voennym romanam. My nabljudaem za povsednevnym techeniem zhizni Parizha i gerojami, kotorye pytajutsja zhit v neprostoe vremja.Fishki knigiRabota metra frantsuzskikh graficheskikh romanov Zhan-Pera Zhibra.Zapominajuschiesja parizhskie kryshi i rechnye barzhi na Sene, pochti kak otdelnye personazhi.Roman poluchil premiju za luchshij risunok Mezhdunarodnogo festivalja komiksov v Anguleme.Kazhdaja stranitsa - slovno kartina.Minialbom illjustratsij i nabroskov v kontse knigi.Dlja kogo eta knigaDlja vsekh, komu nravjatsja ostrosjuzhetnye istorii.Dlja vsekh ljubitelej komiksov.Dlja tekh, kto verit v ljubov.Dlja poklonnikov Zhan-Pera Zhibra.Perevodchik: Khachaturov MikhailKhudozhnik: Zhibra Zhan-Per

Död. Stillhet. Bakom persiennerna i sitt lilla vindsrum vid torget ser Julien sin egen begravning. Levande, men ändå avskuren från livet, lyssnar han på pratet vid kaféets uteservering. Framför allt tänker han på Cécile. Cécile, som han inte kan tala med. Denna junimånad 1943 är Frankrike ockuperat och i den lilla aveyronska byn Cambeyrac finns lugnet bara på ytan. De tyska pansarkolonnerna kan dyka upp när som helst