Both stories were originally published in French this Dover edition features the 1988 English translation of Feux (Fires) and the 1993 English translation of Murmure (Murmur) English translations. This handsome hardcover edition marks the first publication of Fires and Murmur in a single volume. Murmur traces an amnesiac's quest across phantasmagoric landscapes to recover his identity - an enigmatic journey in which fear and confusion are resolved by arcane magic rituals. A second tale by Mattotti, co-written with Jerry Kramsky, offers another fantastic voyage. A series of vessels have inexplicably disappeared from the vicinity, so the battleship Anselm II is dispatched to investigate. Mattotti's vivid illustrations, rendered with the depth and richness of paintings, propel the eye through a brooding, brilliantly colored atmosphere of mesmerizing imagery. Created by Eisner Award-winning artist Lorenzo Mattotti, Fires sweeps readers off into a hypnotic, haunting fantasy centered on a mysterious island where the hills are constantly ablaze. Fires Mattotti Lieutenant Absinthe finds himself strangely attracted to the Island of Fire, deserts his ship, and meets two mysterious beings who bring. When the expedition's leader, Lieutenant Absinthe, comes ashore, his encounter with the burning island's bizarre residents results in a form of psychic possession that leads to mayhem, madness, and murder. Over the years, Mattotti’s work has evolved with a strong and constant coherence, but always with the eclecticism of the one who has the courage. From 1984, his book Feux/Fire was welcomed as an event in the world of comics and won numerous international awards.

A series of vessels have inexplicably disappeared from the vicinity, so the battleship Anselm II is dispatched to investigate. Nothing can surround the art of Mattotti, his drawing is transversal, expanding. Created by Eisner Award-winning artist Lorenzo Mattotti, Fires sweeps readers off into a hypnotic, haunting fantasy centered on a mysterious island where the hills are constantly ablaze.

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