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UN RELATO ILUSTRADO TAN INQUIETANTE COMO ONÍRICO Y PERTURBADOR

Una fábula íntima capaz de agredir los principios morales de cualquiera. Es una de esas historias que impactan y dejan un recuerdo en la memoria, que no necesitan palabras ya que comunican a través de imágenes poderosamente evocadoras con apenas elementos y recursos. Esto es poesía.

304 pages

First published January 1, 2008

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Yslaire

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AKA Bernar Yslaire

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Profile Image for Ignacio.
1,451 reviews302 followers
July 24, 2019
Es imposible escribir sobre Sambre sin alabar el trabajo gráfico de Yslaire. Cómo después de una década profesional fue capaz de reinventarse para ilustrar el ideal del romanticismo de Víctor Hugo con una plasticidad sin par. Pocas veces lugares tan comunes como la maldición familiar, la lucha por la justicia social y un amor maldito se han visto tan hermosamente representados como en estas páginas.
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128 reviews35 followers
January 27, 2018
Sambre is a story about tragic love, a family curse and the French revolution. It is set during the 19th century France. Bernard Sambre falls in love with Julie, a beautiful thief with red eyes, and promises he'll share everything with her, love, life and death. His father, turned prophet in the last years of his life, writes a book "The War of Eyes" stating that people with red eyes will be the end of the Sambre family. Julie after a tragic event escapes to Paris, and Bernard follows her thorn between his family and love of his life.

First volume of Sambre was published in 1986 and immediately got all the high praises. It was done by Yslaire and Balac, but because of disagreements the two stopped working together after that. From the second volume it's all Yslaire. He becomes the sole creative power behind it, writing the scenario and doing the artwork.

This being mainly a love story, the reader doesn't lose perspective that it's set during one of the darkest periods of time in French history. The characters were thrown in the midst of it all, which affect both of our main characters lives imensely. In Sambre you get an array of characters with different backgrounds, from the student idealist to the political opportunist, and see how the revolution affected them. I have to admit that I don't know a lot about French revolution, besides the main basic things, so I enjoyed this aspect of the story very much. It really made me want to read more about it, especially Les Misérables even though I'm kind of terrified by the size of that book.

One more thing that I absolutely loved is the artwork and the color palette that Yslaire uses. Everything is done mostly in red and black, with some shades of gray and brown, and even though it does seem limited, it strikes a punch. It fits with the story perfectly, portrays this turbulent atmosphere and without it, I feel like it wouldn't be complete.

Unlike the artwork, I did have some problems with the writing. It was confusing at times and I had to go back and re-read some parts to try and understand the story. I felt like the story was lacking sometimes and that it could go deeper to get a better perspective of the events.

Unfortunately, Sambre was never officially translated into English, but if you are interested in reading this wonderful piece of art, you can find it.
Profile Image for Soobie has fog in her brain.
7,200 reviews134 followers
August 22, 2018
Era partita bene, questa serie e mi aspettavo grandi cose.

Due fratelli seppelliscono il padre che sembra essersi suicidato dopo essere stato ossessionato dagli uomini dagli occhi rossi per anni. Nel giro di qualche pagina si scopre che nessun membro della famiglia è sano di mente e ciò porta ad un sacco di contorcimenti della trama che mi hanno lasciato perplessa.

Il fratellino incontra una di queste donne dagli occhi rossi che gli fa promettere di morire insieme a lei. Poi i due vengono allontanati e lei finisce a Parigi a far da modella per un pittore che non conclude nulla. Invano lui la cerca. In mezzo a tutto questo, siamo a Parigi nel 1848, si combatte per le strade.

Mi dà l'impressione che la trama si sia persa. Non ho ben capito questa cosa degli occhi rossi e ancora meno tutte le sciocchezze sulla loro nascita. I legami parentali, anche qui, sono quanto di più confuso. Mi aspettavo qualcosa di soprannaturale, ho ritrovato Beautiful.

I disegni hanno uno stile molto personale. Toni di grigio e marrone con il rosso che risalta sulla pagina. Quando le tavole erano sui toni grigi erano molto evocative. Quando c'erano le pagine marroncine, un po' meno, anche perché il rosso non risalta.

Beh, una perdita di tempo. Fortuna che non era roba che ho comprato io!
5 reviews
March 10, 2022
Artwork: 4/5 very good, mostly sort of monochromatic which added to the story. Few frames depicted characters mood so well that deserve a pat on the shoulder. Very good over all, but not brilliant.
Story: 3/5 started well with a solid good romance tropes played nicely into the drama of two lovers ripped apart etc etc. But then it got a little bit lost in too convoluted plots and near misses. At the book 3 or 4 it felt like author lost their main concept and just goes with the flow. Overall I ended up disappointed.
Profile Image for Ruth PdSM.
Author 2 books21 followers
February 25, 2018
Umm, no sé cómo sentirme respecto a esta historia. No se explica lo suficiente de la Guerra de los ojos y queda un poco cojo el conjunto de motivos de los personajes. A pesar de todo la trama tiene un ritmo decente y el dibujo oscuro encaja muy bien para representar el ambiente de las historias del Romanticismo.
Profile Image for Julia.
77 reviews
September 17, 2017
Un dibujo maravilloso, una historia intrigante y sensual. Una lástima que la serie no haya tenido continuidad en España.
Profile Image for Nara.
35 reviews6 followers
January 4, 2019
El dibujo es impresionante me gustó mucho, pero el guión se me hizo aburrido y pesado. Es una pena que dibujo y guión no estén al mismo nivel. Le doy tres estrellas sólo por el dibujo.
Profile Image for VAle.
427 reviews15 followers
October 24, 2012
preso in biblioteca

Alcune tavole veramente notevoli, anche grazie alla scelta cromatica, ma nel complesso l'ho trovata una storia poco appassionante e un po' lenta. E questo è un grave difetto per il racconto di una passione che si vorrebbe travolgente. I presupposti per un buon intrigo ci sarebbero, ma non riescono ad essere sviluppati in modo soddisfacente
Profile Image for pierlapo quimby.
501 reviews28 followers
October 18, 2012
Un fumetto importante e visivamente inquietante.
Testi, disegni e colori sono preziosi e ricercati, ma il soggetto sembra promettere più di quanto mantenga. Gli intenti letterari ed artistici dell'opera sono palesi, forse troppo e disturbano un poco la resa finale.
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