L'Autoroute du soleil

Baru's gritty, socially conscious graphic novel L'Autoroute du soleil, published by Casterman since 1995, follows a group of working-class friends navigating the shifting landscape of 1960s France. Through the lens of boxing and the construction of the country's new highway system, Baru examines themes of ambition, class struggle, and the erosion of traditional communities. This single-issue work stands as a potent, self-contained snapshot of post-war French life from one of the medium's most incisive storytellers.