Les chroniques de Esta

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T 1 Metropolis

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‘‘De Metropolis, Fritz Lanz en 1927 en avait filmé une dystopie futuriste. Serge Lehman, lui, nous en offre une uchronie (le fameux principe de réécriture de l’histoire à partir de la modification du passé). S’il existe un lien direct entre les deux, le premier tome de la série ne nous...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Ivory Pearl

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‘‘Unwittingly involved in a French counter-espionage operation, Ivory Pearl reconnects with her true self and with her war photographer instincts after identifying “Negra”- a young teenage girl living in the wild under the muscled care of an ex-con named Victor, - as the Black dynasty’s...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 Ivory Pearl

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‘‘1956: James Dean was starring on all the good screens in East of Eden, debating Good and Bad. The anti-maoist Kuomintang was growing opium in the Golden Triangle, financing the CIA’s undercover ops without clearance. Fidel Castro was making his way back from his Mexican short exile to...‘‘ Lire la suite

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The Colony The Colony

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‘‘Wage social revolution with bombs? or change the world with turnips, carrots and rutabagas? In times when viruses cause chaos in the world, when inequality keeps reaching new peaks, when personal freedoms seem more threatened by the day and when political discontent and disbelief lead to...‘‘ Lire la suite

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Orwell

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‘‘Dès la couverture, Pierre Christin ne peut s’empêcher de montrer son admiration pour Eric Blair, au nom de plume de George Orwell. L’homme a tout fait, a tout vécu, a presque tout écrit, a tellement de facettes que cela en donne le tournis. « Étonien, flic, prolo, dandy, milicien,...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Léna

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‘‘Léna pensait en avoir fini avec les services secrets. Elle a rencontré Rob et Danny, qui, s’ils ne seront jamais son mari et son fils disparus dans un attentat à Khartoum, font bel et bien partie de sa vie. Mais l’hydre du terrorisme international ne meurt jamais, les anciennes causes...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Lena

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‘‘Lena thought she was done with spies. She has met Rob and Danny who are truly part of her life, acknowledging they will never be her husband and son killed in a bombing in Khartoum. But the hydra of international terrorism never dies, old causes are recycled to serve new masters, and...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 4 Undertaker

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‘‘« If you kill me, she dies. And with her, all your little comrades who’ll no longer benefit from my talents. Admit it would be too bad. Besides, without me, at best you lose your leg. At worst..”. Such was the deal the Ogre Quint forced upon the Lieutenant Strikland at the end of the...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 5 Undertaker

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‘‘A scandal difficult to hide. A dead son, who had been kidnapped by Apaches 10 years earlier and mentally broken to become the White Indian. An extremely rich, “visionary” – to understand in the Far West sense - and not so young mother’s broken heart, threatening to set her second marriage...‘‘ Lire la suite

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révolution en Égypte et Droits des femmes

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‘‘Révolution en Égypte et droits des femmes. Les conclusions de l’album de Bast et Ferenc réalisé avec Amnesty International sont sombres : « 5 ans après la révolution, le constat est amer. Aucune femme n’est à l’abri ».. La révolution de 2011 avait porté la victoire de l’islamiste Mohamed...‘‘ Lire la suite

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Perihan The Girl without a Mouth

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‘‘“Don’t believe a word I say, because I tell the truth”. Turkish comics are not so frequent, and the strange appeal of this particular one makes it absolutely unique. Perihan was born without a mouth, until such time as, after an operation, her voice finally comes out as the sound of...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 Renaissance

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‘‘2084, The Earth’s global mass extinction: the Tricontinental Council, in a very far away galaxy - peaceful, beautiful and unknown of humans - holds a very heated debate on the value of intervening in a world outside their system, to save several forms of intelligence that can no longer...‘‘ Lire la suite