ThefirstgraphicnoveladaptationofCharlesFerdinandRamuz’smodernistclassic“OursmallnessinthefaceofnatureisattheheartofDerborence.Ramuz’swordsmeettheirmatchwithFabianMenon’spaintbrush.“-LeTempsCalled“thesensationoftheLeftBank“bytheNewYorkTimes,CharlesFerdinandRamuzwascomparedtowritersasgreatasFaulknerandHomer.ThoughheworkedinParisforadecade,heisrememberedasoneofthegreatnovelistsoftheAlps.Derborenceisthestoryofadevastatingalpinelandslide,ofthegrief-strickenvillagerswhoarehauntedbywhattheybelieveistheghostofamanwhoshouldnothavesurvivedtheunsurvivable,andofawomanwhorefusestogiveuphope.Atragictalefullofendearingcharactersandharshmountainlandscapes,CharlesFerdinandRamuz’sfamousnovellendsitselfperfectlytographicnovelform.
