- Lisa Blumen (France)
- Publisher
- L’employé du moi
- Year of publication
- 2023
Nova prepares to embark on a scientific mission from which she will not return. Confined to a rocket ship, she must reach Planet L 31, 2.5 million light years from Earth—a journey that will take her anywhere from 20 to 50 years. Before her departure, she must submit to one last formality: she must attend the farewell party. Nova has always enjoyed the privilege of a reclusive lifestyle, but now she must confront three friends she hasn’t seen in a long time. Together, they will experiment with this paradoxical reunion, for it is also the last time they will ever see one another. Despite the confusing absurdity of the situation, the friends will slowly, carefully, come to speak freely, and their feelings even blossom like fireworks. With Astra Nova, Blumen returns with a new science fiction story in which the heroes must face the torments of estrangement and individualism. The plot advances in asides, remembrances, evocations of their lonely and disrupted trajectories. Drawn entirely with felt-tip pens, Astra Nova is a fleeting story, like the sudden apparition of a shooting star in the night.
174 pages
Full color
16.00 x 22.00 cm
Hardcover
ISBN : 978-2-39004-102-3
24.00 €
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