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A haunting figure in sweeping black robes kneels amid a carpet of fallen autumn leaves, bare winter trees fading into a pale mist behind her — Pascal Croci's cover art for this Emmanuel Proust adaptation of Benjamin Constant's celebrated novel is quietly devastating in its melancholy beauty. The collaboration between Croci and Constant's source material promises a story steeped in emotional atmosphere and romantic anguish. For readers drawn to literary graphic novels with a painterly, introspective sensibility, Adolphe (2013) is a compelling addition to the shelf.