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From the rewriting of the myth of Hades and Persephone to a poetic reverie in the former Yugoslavia, via an adult Zep, our selection for adults and young people.
By Romain Brethes
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what we are, by Zep (Rue de Sèvres, 88 p., €20).
Zep is not just Titeuf. For several years, the Swiss has been exploring dark subjects (ecological crisis, existential questions), even if we must not forget that the blond rascal was originally designed for an adult audience. what we are is an uchronic fable, where posthumanism allows some to benefit from implants that guarantee them omniscient knowledge and inexhaustible sensory experiences. On the fringes of this privileged class (sur)live a few marginalized people, who somehow coexist with nature while detaching themselves from a deadly technology. Constant, an “enhanced” young man, is the victim of a bug that erases everything he knows. So he must…
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