Wednesday 6 June 2012

Casterman: Hugo Pratt -Les Helvétiques/The Helvetians (Swiss)




Corto Maltese 11 Les Helvétiques/The Helvetic
Author: Hugo Pratt
Collection: Universe of authors
Series: Corto Maltese – New edition black and white
Volume: 11
Soft cover
Black and white
76 pages
Price: € 16.00
Release Date: 13/06/2012

“Here rendezvous alchemy, magic, astrology, legend – not to mention  religious traditions and the esoteric …” thus speaks Jeremiah Steiner of Switzerland and its village secrets to his friend Corto Maltese.  They then join  the great writer Hermann Hesse, in the canton of Ticino. The Helvetians -a literary adventure?  Maybe…maybe not for soon, between scholarship, fantasy, mystery and fantasy, Corto will live one of his strangest adventures – and not the least hectic.

I should have read this one before volume 12 and it would have prepared me for any weirdness!  A scarecrow.  Death. A giant gorilla.  A very odd knight and so much else. This is a joy just to look through.  Blessed if I’ve not become a Corto Maltese fan!

WONDERFUL.






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