Ernie Pike #[nn]
In "Un lieutenant allemand," journalist Ernie Pike encounters Adako, a Bechuana soldier from the Mochundye region, at a Rangoon hospital, where the wounded man recounts a haunting tale of a British brigade of African soldiers and a Japanese unit utterly destroyed—leaving behind a mystery of vengeance and ritual between Japan and Africa. Written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and illustrated with stark, evocative detail by Hugo Pratt, this story unfolds with quiet intensity, grounded in history and shadowed by forgotten rites. The cover, also by Pratt, captures the story’s somber, atmospheric tone.
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Une brigade britannique essentiellement composée de soldats africains et une unité japonaise entièrement décimées: que s’est-il passé? À l’hôpital de Rangoon, Ernie Pike rencontre le soldat Adako, Bechuana, qui lui raconte cette histoire de vengeance et de rite entre Japon et Afrique… [A British brigade mainly composed of African soldiers and a Japanese unit entirely decimated: what happened? At the Rangoon hospital, journalist Ernie Pike meets soldier Adako, Bechuana from the Mochundye region (present-day Botswana), who tells him this story of revenge and rite between Japan and Africa…]
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