«The death of one is the beginning of life for another», — said the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne. It is to her, this old woman with a scythe, that this collection of short stories, written by another Frenchman — the renowned comic artist Vinshluss, a regular collaborator of Marjane Satrapi, who he assisted with «Persepolis» and «Chicken with Prunes».
Here, death follows the characters closely: sometimes Death is mocking and malicious, at other times sympathetic and merciful. For some, many years separate them from their meeting with her, while for others, she waits just around the corner. Someone’s end is alarmingly cruel, while for someone else, Death is a relief.
«Take care of yourself, be careful», sang one of the songs by the band «Kino». And this book illustrates the musician's composition as well as possible.
