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A striking French-language release from Casterman's Sakka imprint, this Suehiro Maruo volume presents a cover of lush, painterly beauty — two figures adorned with flowers and foliage pose amid a tropical waterfall setting, one playing a flute while a turtle rests on the rocks below. The delicate, almost classical linework contrasts intriguingly with Maruo's reputation for the darkly surreal, hinting at a work that holds something unsettling beneath its idyllic surface. A compelling 2014 addition to any collection of literary manga.