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A striking close-up of a human face — rendered in a bold, high-contrast golden halftone — dominates this graphic novel from Denoël's Graphic imprint, immediately signaling something intense and intimate. Ugo Bienvenu's visual sensibility comes through even on the cover, where the grainy, almost monumental quality of the image gives the figure an imposing, larger-than-life presence. Total looks like exactly the kind of thoughtful, visually ambitious work that Denoël Graphic consistently champions.