Moi vivant, vous n'aurez jamais de pauses #[nn]

A charming slice-of-life bande dessinée from 2009, this work by Leslie Plée drops us right into the slightly chaotic world of a bookshop, where the cover shows a young woman and a suited manager-type squaring off amid towering, overstuffed shelves — the subtitle ou comment j'ai cru devenir libraire ("or how I thought I'd become a bookseller") setting a wonderfully wry tone from the first glance. The loose, affectionate line art captures both the cozy clutter of a bookstore and the quietly absurd workplace dynamics that clearly lie at the heart of the story. If you have a soft spot for autobiographical comics with humor and heart, this one wears its personality right on its cover.