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A review by nwhyte
De Terugkeer van de Wespendief by Aimée de Jongh
3.0
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3194290.html
This won the Prix St-Michel for Best Dutch-language Album of 2015, and I hunted it down to broaden my knowledge. It's the story of Simon, a failing bookseller who witnesses a woman committing suicide on the train line in the Biesbosch near his storage cabin. The experience brings back his memories of the death of a childhood friend who had been bullied at school; he also gets entangled with a young student who is researching magical realism, while his wife Laura continues to press him to close the family store for good. The art is nicely done and well observed; the plot doesn't quite deliver, but it is an interesting journey.
This won the Prix St-Michel for Best Dutch-language Album of 2015, and I hunted it down to broaden my knowledge. It's the story of Simon, a failing bookseller who witnesses a woman committing suicide on the train line in the Biesbosch near his storage cabin. The experience brings back his memories of the death of a childhood friend who had been bullied at school; he also gets entangled with a young student who is researching magical realism, while his wife Laura continues to press him to close the family store for good. The art is nicely done and well observed; the plot doesn't quite deliver, but it is an interesting journey.