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The Bad Seed ... A little linguistic

Man-Bonsai , Fred Bernard, François Roca, Ed Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2003 .

From 10 years.

Captain O'Murphy tells drinkers of a tavern its extraordinary meeting, during a sea voyage, with good men, a creature half man, half -tree-fated. When a sea voyage, two hundred years earlier, the potter Amedee was enlisted force on the ship's master stroke. Become a scapegoat, Amedee was finally abandoned on a desert island. On this island, it feels a seed falling on her head. Very slowly, he feels he is being transformed into a tree ... Collected by Chinese pirates, it is neat, and becomes their deadliest weapon. One day, Amedee became man recognizes the flag of the bonsai master stroke. His revenge is terrible. But the Chinese then abandoned at sea, to his fate, the man became a tree. Also, when it crosses Captain O'Murphy, Amedee asked him to end his days.

Excerpt: " The next day, a seed had germinated and a tiny plant two leaves unfolded. I tried to pull with the blade of my knife. In vain . In my nails black j'effeuillai the weed but she refused, ever more vigorously. Everything I ate seemed to feed the plant. "

Here is an album that I wanted to present a long time, offering players beautiful full-page illustrations, bright and very expressive, as always with François Roca. The story as a tragic tale is primarily an invitation to travel, in line with the writings of Jules Verne, Jack London, E. Hemingway ...
This story of pirates and the abduction of a man held in 1894, with all the elements invented in the middle of a rather rough time. Through its many details, the book takes us on his boat. We "live" sort of battle, the loneliness and despair of the man-bonsai. This story is a little sad, it may seem strange and addresses the question of the relationship to the body and processing it a bit repulsive, at least for some (more effect caused by the account by the images) as well as fascinating to others. This man became a superman tree, half-animal, half plant (monstrous). Innervated by the Chinese, it becomes a root (if not a parasite), mandrake, and completely imprisoned and more conscious of his awful fate. Another strong album of two artists F. Bernard F. Roca!

F red Bernard is a French author and illustrator, born in Beaune (Cote-d'Or) in 1969. He studied at the Ecole Emile Cohl in Lyon, rather than joining the family building firm. There he met Francis Roca, with whom he befriends. They perform together since 1996, many books for children, which enthrall her audiences and critics (price Witch 1997, Youth Prix Goncourt in 1996 and 2001, Baobab Prize 2001, prices Chretien de Troyes in 2003, etc.). In 2003 he published his first comic, Tenderness crocodiles, which he is the author and illustrator. This album has been adapted into comic since.


See Man-Bonsai by Fred Bernard, Ed Delcourt, 2009 . Discover the 20 first pages on the site Editions Guy Delcourt by clicking on the title of this post .