Description
The testimonies of five family members, over five different periods, as they are respectively forced to leave their home country of Vietnam when outside forces or inner turmoil shatter their normal lives. Each story follows the journey of a family member as they have to leave everything behind, adapt to a new country and culture, and live with the nostalgia of their homeland and their people.
About the Author
Clement Baloup entered Angouleme's prestigious Beaux-Arts Program in 1997 and spent the next five years enriching both his perception and practice of sequential storytelling. In 2004 he published his first comic book, Autumn in Hanoi, a mix of travel log and short stories. Clement has gone on to become a versatile creator: besides his more personal graphic novels (the Vietnamese Memories trilogy) which he both wrote and illustrated, he has written stories in a variety of genres, illustrated by other artists such as Chinh Tri (Le Seuil), La Concubine Rouge (Gallimard), both with Mathieu Jiro, Suicide Club (Soleil) with Eddy Vaccaro, or Le ventre de la Hyene (Lombard) with Chris Alliel, to name a few. His work has been translated into English, Spanish, Italian, German and can be regularly found in magazines as XXI (France) or Internazionale (Italy). Additionally, his works as a fine artist have entered several private and public collections around the world (Marseille, Paris, Bruxelles, Dubai and London). Clement was awarded numerous prizes for his series Vietnamese Memories, including the Jury's Choice Prize at the 2011 Angouleme International Comics Festival and the Doctors Without Borders Prize in Clermont-Ferrand.
The second part of Vietnamese Memories: Leaving Saigon, "Linh Tho," is based on a true story inspired by Pierre Daum's 4-year investigation, published as a non-fiction novel under the name Immigres de Force (The Forced Immigrants, Editions Actes Sud, 2009), which chronicled the fate of 20,000 Indochinese workers displaced during World War II. His book triggered a major call to action, encouraging many French cities to restore and honor the memory of those long-forgotten immigrants. Pierre Daum is currently focused on deep investigative journalism.
Reviews
"Vibrant. . . . these stories give human faces to the effects of colonialism and war in the Vietnamese diaspora." - Publishers Weekly ""Baloup is a master of making scenery come alive and placing his subjects within them..."" - COMICS BEAT ""A good addition to the growing canon of forgotten voices finally speaking out."" - NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
Book Information
ISBN 9781594656583
Author Clement Baloup
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Humanoids, Inc
Publisher Humanoids, Inc
About the Author
Clement Baloup entered Angouleme's prestigious Beaux-Arts Program in 1997 and spent the next five years enriching both his perception and practice of sequential storytelling. In 2004 he published his first comic book, Autumn in Hanoi, a mix of travel log and short stories. Clement has gone on to become a versatile creator: besides his more personal graphic novels (the Vietnamese Memories trilogy) which he both wrote and illustrated, he has written stories in a variety of genres, illustrated by other artists such as Chinh Tri (Le Seuil), La Concubine Rouge (Gallimard), both with Mathieu Jiro, Suicide Club (Soleil) with Eddy Vaccaro, or Le ventre de la Hyene (Lombard) with Chris Alliel, to name a few. His work has been translated into English, Spanish, Italian, German and can be regularly found in magazines as XXI (France) or Internazionale (Italy). Additionally, his works as a fine artist have entered several private and public collections around the world (Marseille, Paris, Bruxelles, Dubai and London). Clement was awarded numerous prizes for his series Vietnamese Memories, including the Jury's Choice Prize at the 2011 Angouleme International Comics Festival and the Doctors Without Borders Prize in Clermont-Ferrand.
The second part of Vietnamese Memories: Leaving Saigon, "Linh Tho," is based on a true story inspired by Pierre Daum's 4-year investigation, published as a non-fiction novel under the name Immigres de Force (The Forced Immigrants, Editions Actes Sud, 2009), which chronicled the fate of 20,000 Indochinese workers displaced during World War II. His book triggered a major call to action, encouraging many French cities to restore and honor the memory of those long-forgotten immigrants. Pierre Daum is currently focused on deep investigative journalism.
Reviews
"Vibrant. . . . these stories give human faces to the effects of colonialism and war in the Vietnamese diaspora." - Publishers Weekly ""Baloup is a master of making scenery come alive and placing his subjects within them..."" - COMICS BEAT ""A good addition to the growing canon of forgotten voices finally speaking out."" - NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
Book Information
ISBN 9781594656583
Author Clement Baloup
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Humanoids, Inc
Publisher Humanoids, Inc
