La longue route #[nn]

Based on Bernard Moitessier's celebrated account of solo ocean sailing, this 2025 Gallimard graphic novel adaptation by Stéphane Melchior and Younn Locard opens with a breathtaking cover image: a small sailboat — its red and white hull battered, its rigging strained — cresting an enormous, wind-churned wave beneath a wide, cloud-scattered sky. The sheer scale of the ocean dwarfs the vessel, immediately conveying both the majesty and the merciless power of the open sea. A handsome addition to any shelf, La Longue Route promises an intimate visual journey into one of sailing literature's most enduring stories.