Au bonheur des veuves #1

This 2023 Chez Yvette collection, *Au Bonheur des Veuves: Nécrologies 1*, opens with a quietly compelling cover illustration — a solitary elderly woman seated at a table, hunched over what appears to be a jar, with a framed portrait of a bearded man hanging on the wall behind her and a modest spread of objects around her. The sparse, sketch-like linework lends the scene an intimate, almost elegiac atmosphere perfectly suited to its title, which translates roughly as "The Widows' Happiness." Prefaced by Dimitri Maja, this first volume promises a thoughtful, character-driven work that finds real drama in everyday solitude.