La vie passionnée de Thérèse d'Avila

Claire Bretécher, one of the most celebrated figures in French bande dessinée, turns her incisive, witty pen to hagiography in this single-issue comic from 1980. Published by her own Editions Claire Bretécher, the work offers a distinctly personal and humanizing portrait of the 16th-century mystic and Doctor of the Church, Thérèse d'Avila. Bretécher, both writer and artist, brings her signature sharp, expressive linework and psychological insight to the saint's passionate, tumultuous inner life, creating a work that stands as a unique, intimate character study within her celebrated oeuvre.