Loisel, Régis / Tripp, Jean-Louis - original illustration -
Canada, province of Quebec. Notre-Dame-des-Lakes is a village of 200 souls lost at the bottom of a valley. We are in the s. This is the time of "the great darkness" where the Catholic Church puts on the campaigns the heavy lid of his moral rigour. Marie Ducharme, 40, is a widow. She takes care of the General store, only trade and point of passage of the villagers. The rough days could thus if seed to the rhythm of endless winters if an improbable encounters came to change the course of things. Revealing himself to her even, Mary will nimbly dynamite the dreary routine of the village. General store is a rural and truculent fable in the vein of a Frank Capra, one of these euphoric stories out the light heart and restore confidence in humanity. Original illustrationpaper on cardboardInk and pencilFormat: 24 X 17 cm. Read More