Les Gens honnêtes #1

A quietly affecting cover from Durieux and Gibrat opens this first part of Les Gens honnêtes: an elderly bearded man sits on a park bench in a snowy night, a young woman asleep against his shoulder, and a small dog curled at their feet — a tender, wintry image of unlikely companionship. Published under Dupuis's Aire Libre imprint in 2008, this premiere partie promises the kind of humane, character-driven storytelling that label is known for. If the cover's atmosphere is any indication, warmth and melancholy walk hand in hand through these pages.