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Madame Butterfly
2002
First Published
4.49
Average Rating
71
Number of Pages
L’inoubliable histoire de Madame Butterfly, souvent contée sous différentes formes (le célèbre opéra de Giacomo Puccini, la pièce de David Belasco ou le récit intimiste de Pierre Loti), vous est ici présentée dans une version totalement inédite et magistrale. Benjamin Lacombe réinterprète ce drame amoureux, narré à la première personne par un Pinkertown rongé par le remord d’avoir brisé les ailes de la délicate femme papillon, et nous entraîne dans un Japon révolu, à la beauté et l’exotisme intacts. Madame Butterfly est aussi un livre d’artiste de grand format et à la fabrication exceptionnelle. Tissus, papiers précieux et reliures à la japonaise pour ce livre-objet où s’épanouissent d’éblouissantes peintures à l’huile d’un côté et de l’autre se déploie, sur près de 10 mètres de long, une fresque au crayon et à l’aquarelle.
Avg Rating
4.49
Number of Ratings
623
5 STARS
60%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
9%
2 STARS
1%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Benjamin Lacombe
Benjamin Lacombe
Author · 18 books

Benjamin was born in Paris in 1982. In 2001, he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris (ENSAD) where he pursued his artistic education. In addition to his studies, he worked as an advertising and animated movie artist before completing his first comic series at the age of 19, along with a few other illustrated books… His final project « Cherry and Olive »,, which he has both written and illustrated, became his first children’s book and was published by Les Éditions du Seuil in March 2006. The following year, it was released by Walker Books (USA) and nominated one of the top 10 children’s books for the year 2007 in the U.S.A. by the prestigious weekly news magazine Time. Since then, Benjamin has written and illustrated numerous books. He has notably worked with Albin Michel, Barefoot Books (USA), Edelvives (Spain), Hemingway Korea (Korea), Milan, MaxMilo, Sarbacane, Soleil, Walker Books (USA) and of course Le Seuil Jeunesse, the publishing house which has issued most of his books. Benjamin exhibits his work on a regular basis. Among others, it has been displayed in the following art galleries: Ad Hoc Art (New York),L’art de rien (Paris), Dorothy Circus (Rome), Maruzen (Tokyo), etc... Benjamin lives and works in Paris with his dog Virgile.

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