Le retour à la terre #5

The fifth volume of Jean-Yves Ferri and Manu Larcenet's beloved rural-life series, Le retour à la terre, arrives in 2008 with a cover that perfectly captures the series' gentle whimsy: a man clutching a red umbrella floats through a soft twilight sky, carried aloft alongside a small child and a couple of cheerful teddy bears, while below a bare tree shelters an owl perched near a ladder. Larcenet's artwork — warm, rounded, and quietly charming — sets a tone of tender absurdity against a serene crescent moon and a streak of shooting star. "Les révolutions" promises another slice of countryside life full of small, heartfelt surprises.