LIBERAMENTE - L'ARTE E LA VITA OLTRE GLI SCHEMI DI CLAUDE CAHUN

Kaz Rowe has woven historical photos, direct quotes, and illustrations to effectively tell the story and personality of a courageous queer icon. Surrealist artist Claude Cahun (1894-1954) was a brave advocate of freedom in many ways: from rejecting gender identity to seeking homosexual love, to risking death for obstructing the Nazis. Born Lucy Schwob in Nantes, France, she meets and falls in love with Suzanne Malherbe. The two form an artistic and sentimental partnership that will bind them for life: Lucy and Suzanne transform into the creative characters of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore respectively. Together, the couple embarks on a surrealistic collaboration journey that will take them from conservative provincial France to the vibrancy of 1920s Paris. Both moved to the island of Jersey, occupied by the Germans during World War II, they will use art to courageously fight the Nazi regime. This intense and exciting graphic novel is particularly recommended for young readers between thirteen and eighteen years old.