CORTO MALTESE: FABLE OF VENICE AND OTHER ADVENTURES
Εκδότης Fantagraphics , ISBN 9798875001345
Artist Hugo Pratt's most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto
Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in
CORTO MALTESE: FABLE OF VENICE AND OTHER ADVENTURES.
Corto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the
20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-
luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and
independence more than wealth and status. In "Fable of Venice," a riddle
from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery
thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of
reality. A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and
down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists,
budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad
scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of
forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!
In addition, this collection also presents Pratt's Corto Maltese classics
"The Secret of Tristan Bantam," "So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,"
and "The Seagull's Fault". As a side note, readers who enjoyed The
Magnificent Adventure by Milo Manara (Fantagraphics, 2025) and its
book-length search for "H.P." will be quick to note that "H.P." is, in fact,
Hugo Pratt, a beloved mentor to Manara
Περίληψη
Artist Hugo Pratt's most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto
Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in
CORTO MALTESE: FABLE OF VENICE AND OTHER ADVENTURES.
Corto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the
20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-
luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and
independence more than wealth and status. In "Fable of Venice," a riddle
from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery
thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of
reality. A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and
down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists,
budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad
scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of
forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!
In addition, this collection also presents Pratt's Corto Maltese classics
"The Secret of Tristan Bantam," "So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,"
and "The Seagull's Fault". As a side note, readers who enjoyed The
Magnificent Adventure by Milo Manara (Fantagraphics, 2025) and its
book-length search for "H.P." will be quick to note that "H.P." is, in fact,
Hugo Pratt, a beloved mentor to Manara
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Pratt, Hugo
- Eκδότης Fantagraphics
- ISBN 9798875001345
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100092992
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2026
- Σελίδες 132
- Διαστάσεις 25χ19
- Βάρος 350 gr
