francoisvigneault's review against another edition
5.0
I am the translator of this book!
Originally published in France in 2015, this new edition, The Immersion Program, was published by Floating World Comics this year. It is a surreal espionage thriller by Léo Quievreux, where secret agents chase each other through increasingly dense and dreamlike realities, superficially a bit in line with the film Inception, but far more weird. Quivreux's stark black and white artwork is reminiscent of Charles Burns (and even reminded me a bit of Junji Ito at times) and the book has multiple long, silent sequences full of abstracted geometric imagery and bizarre psychic landscapes. The plot is both spare and complex, with plenty of old-fashioned spy stuff mixed in with the trippiness, and rewards multiple re-readings, in my opinion.
Originally published in France in 2015, this new edition, The Immersion Program, was published by Floating World Comics this year. It is a surreal espionage thriller by Léo Quievreux, where secret agents chase each other through increasingly dense and dreamlike realities, superficially a bit in line with the film Inception, but far more weird. Quivreux's stark black and white artwork is reminiscent of Charles Burns (and even reminded me a bit of Junji Ito at times) and the book has multiple long, silent sequences full of abstracted geometric imagery and bizarre psychic landscapes. The plot is both spare and complex, with plenty of old-fashioned spy stuff mixed in with the trippiness, and rewards multiple re-readings, in my opinion.
francoisvigneault's review
5.0
I am the translator of this book!
Originally published in France in 2015, this new edition, The Immersion Program, was published by Floating World Comics this year. It is a surreal espionage thriller by Léo Quievreux, where secret agents chase each other through increasingly dense and dreamlike realities, superficially a bit in line with the film Inception, but far more weird. Quivreux's stark black and white artwork is reminiscent of Charles Burns (and even reminded me a bit of Junji Ito at times) and the book has multiple long, silent sequences full of abstracted geometric imagery and bizarre psychic landscapes. The plot is both spare and complex, with plenty of old-fashioned spy stuff mixed in with the trippiness, and rewards multiple re-readings, in my opinion.
Originally published in France in 2015, this new edition, The Immersion Program, was published by Floating World Comics this year. It is a surreal espionage thriller by Léo Quievreux, where secret agents chase each other through increasingly dense and dreamlike realities, superficially a bit in line with the film Inception, but far more weird. Quivreux's stark black and white artwork is reminiscent of Charles Burns (and even reminded me a bit of Junji Ito at times) and the book has multiple long, silent sequences full of abstracted geometric imagery and bizarre psychic landscapes. The plot is both spare and complex, with plenty of old-fashioned spy stuff mixed in with the trippiness, and rewards multiple re-readings, in my opinion.
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