
The Pass
Espe(Author)
Graphic Mundi (Publisher)
Published on 21. June 2022
Book
Hardback
104 pages
978-1-63779-023-6 (ISBN)
Description
Camille and Bastien are overjoyed at the birth of their second child. But their happiness is short-lived. Soon after Louis is born, he is diagnosed with severe heart defects. Because of his young age, he must wait for surgery-and the operation itself could prove fatal.
During the tense and bewildering months that follow Louis's diagnosis, his parents find some comfort in Camille's father, Pablo, who comes to help care for the children. The long wait turns into a joyful interlude of games, tenderness, and deepening love between Louis and Pablo, an experience that will remain forever engraved in their lives.
Inspired by real events, this emotionally engaging follow-up to Espe's The Parakeet continues the story of Bastien, now a father, as he and Camille cope with every parent's biggest fear: that they could lose their child.
During the tense and bewildering months that follow Louis's diagnosis, his parents find some comfort in Camille's father, Pablo, who comes to help care for the children. The long wait turns into a joyful interlude of games, tenderness, and deepening love between Louis and Pablo, an experience that will remain forever engraved in their lives.
Inspired by real events, this emotionally engaging follow-up to Espe's The Parakeet continues the story of Bastien, now a father, as he and Camille cope with every parent's biggest fear: that they could lose their child.
Reviews / Votes
"Espe's latest is an empathically rendered, exquisitely detailed, full-color presentation of an extended family's unconditional love and support through crises."-Terry Hong Booklist "There is something deep within the nature of Espe's narrative and illustrative delivery that makes the reader more aware of the meaning of self than one thought possible."
-Sean Cohea Panel Patter
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pennsylvania State University Press
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63779-023-6 (9781637790236)
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A native of Tarn, France, Espe discovered his love of comics through his favorite superheroes. Since graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, he has collaborated in the publication of several comics series, including Chateaux Bordeaux, and he is the creator of L'Ile des Justes and Le Perroquet, the latter published in English as The Parakeet by Graphic Mundi.