Amère patrie #2

Set against a burnt-orange sky over a devastated, rubble-strewn battlefield, this second and concluding part of Amère patrie delivers a haunting image of two figures — a dark-haired woman and a rifle-bearing soldier clutching papers — clinging to each other amid cannon remnants and circling crows. Blier and Lax wrap their wartime story in imagery that is quietly devastating rather than bombastic, letting the desolation of the landscape speak as loudly as the human connection at its center. Published by Dupuis under the Aire Libre imprint in 2011, this volume promises the emotional weight that thoughtful Franco-Belgian storytelling does so well.