Guy de Maupassant #1

Seven of Guy de Maupassant's celebrated short stories come to life in this handsome anthology from Varou, with an impressive roster of artists — Brazao, Ceka, Gibie, Levier, Minguez, Ott, Ray, Seigneuret, Sieurac, Souillard, Tanguy, Béatrice Tillier, and Marcel Uderzo — each bringing their own vision to the Norman master's world. The cover sets a perfectly evocative tone: a warm-eyed young woman in a rustic corset and peasant skirts leans against a riverside tree, while a timber-framed mill house rises from the water behind her in lush, sun-dappled countryside. It's a quietly gorgeous invitation into the rural French landscapes and human dramas that made Maupassant one of literature's great storytellers.