The True Story of the Unknown Soldier by Jacques Tardi Hardcover Book

The True Story of the Unknown Soldier by Jacques Tardi Hardcover Book

Fantagraphics presents two experimental, early works by the French cartooning legend Tardi. These comics, created in the mid-’70s, provide a fascinating preview of the masterworks of his prolific career. While they are not narratively linked, an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war.

The True Story of the Unknown Soldier follows a pulp novelist turned soldier who, driven to delirium amidst the trenches of WWI, becomes tormented by visions of his own seedy creations. This stream-of-consciousness tale visualises the tortured psyche of its protagonist through dazzling dreamscapes and surreal scenarios. In The National Razor, a soldier returns from war a shattered man. Drowning himself in drink, he wanders the streets of Paris without purpose; in this numb stupor, he finds himself caught up in strange situations, lashes out in unexpectedly violent ways, and ultimately meets with a bloody end. At once a visceral depiction of the trauma wrought by war and a powerful denunciation of the death penalty and France’s iconic guillotine.

 

ISBN-13: 978-1683965138
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Dimensions: 30.5cm x 22.9cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Colour: Full Colour
Writer / Artist: Jacques Tardi

 

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