Contes fleuris du Yang-Tse #[nn]

The cover of this 2017 French-language volume from Tapages Nocturnes sets an immediately enchanting mood: a elegantly dressed young woman in traditional Chinese robes, holding a delicate fan, gazes back over her shoulder against a dreamy backdrop of cherry blossoms, a misty river, and a distant pagoda. Chu Mi's artwork blends soft, luminous colors with a painterly fluidity that feels both classical and fresh. Contes fleuris du Yang-Tsé promises tales as graceful and evocative as the Yangtze landscape that frames them.