Even when the book begins to deal with incredibly dark concepts, the charm of idealism never fades. Every challenge of survival is met with rosy optimism and naivety. You’ll be baffled as you watch young Aurora and her wee pals pile from the dead body as if nothing has happened. They just see a series of challenges and a wild new world to explore.įabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët paint the body of the dead girl in haunting detail. These tiny creatures were actually inside the head of a little girl who now lies dead in the grass. Her group must evacuate their home into the volatile environment of the forest floor. She’s the makeshift leader of a cavalcade of little joyous beings. You can read it numerous times, and with each successive read you’ll discover new ways to be repulsed by the human spirit. Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët will change the way you look at fairytales and horror forever.Ī book like this doesn’t come around very often. I guarantee you’ve never experienced anything quite like it. A twist on the concept of bleak survival but offered to the reader in the most storybook of fashions. Drawn and Quarterly’s “Beautiful Darkness” carries itself with a certain innocent whimsy that makes all of the savagery within its pages a harsh experience that cannot be missed.
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