Troub's en Chine #[nn]

A cheerful yellow cover sets the tone for this 2006 Alain Beaulet release, showing a shaggy-haired young artist sketching in a notepad while a feisty Chinese dragon looms at his side, scales bristling and eyes narrowed with comic menace. The title Troub's en Chine promises a cartoonist's personal journey through China, and the pairing of the relaxed doodler with his irritable mythical companion already hints at a warm, witty travel-diary sensibility. At 14,00 EUR, it's an appealing glimpse into one illustrator's adventure in a remarkable country.