Poghorn. Mid-December. The docks are alive with snowstorms. Perched in his crane, Lukas swallows pills to forget the cold and the pain. On Christmas Eve, he robs a container of furs and voodoo trinkets.
Gifts for his nieces. He won’t have any children of his own. So when, the day after the holidays, one of them disappears, he sets out to find her. Because he knows that no one here cares about a little girl from the northern suburbs.
A dark, social novel, fueled by a pop-culture imagery.
Das Mädchen is a graphic designer and illustrator. Very influenced by mythology, tales and the imaginary, she develops a dreamlike and offbeat style, sometimes tinged with irony. The plant world but also chimeras, women and childhood have a special place in her illustrations, whether they are treated in a “traditional” pointillist style or in a more pop and colorful vein.
Das Mädchen collaborates regularly with the editions Matin Calme (30 Ways to Kill Your Husband, The 4 Investigators of Gwangseon’ mini-market) as well as with the editions Julliard (Monstres) and Calmann-Lévy (Les rêveurs définitifs).
Julien Guerville was born in the mid-1980s. He stopped writing at 13 after reading Brave New World. Ten years later, he returned to writing with 37.2° in the morning. He lives in the south of France.
