Book cover for Celestia by Manuele Fior
2021 Released
272 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Fantagraphics BooksISBN 9781683964384
Translated by Jamie Richards

The "Great Invasion" originated from the sea. It moved north across the mainland. Many fled, while some took refuge on a small concrete island called Celestia, built over a thousand years ago. Now cut off from the mainland, Celestia has become an outpost for criminals and other misfits, as well as a refuge for a group of young telepaths. Events push two of them, Dora and Pierrot, to flee the island and set sail to the mainland. There, they discover a world on the precipice of a metamorphosis, though also a world where adults are literally prisoners of their own fortresses, unintentionally preserving the "old world" at a time when a new generation could guide society towards a better humanity. Celestia is the most ambitious and successful graphic novel to date by one of the world's most exciting storytellers.

Manuele Fior

Manuele Fior was born in Cesena (Italy) in 1975 and currently lives in Venice. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Le Monde, and La Republica.

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Jamie Richards

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Jamie Richards is a widely published translator of Italian literature and winner of the National Translation Award in Prose. She currently lives in her native Los Angeles.

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