L'Amour
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the pen of one of France's most beloved illustrators comes L'Amour, a charming and whimsical celebration of romance told entirely through Raymond Peynet's iconic, tender drawings. The book chronicles the timeless courtship of Peynet's signature characters — the dreamy, beret-clad poet and his delicate sweetheart — as they navigate the gentle comedy and sweet yearning of love. With minimal words and maximum heart, it presents the universal language of affection in a series of witty, beautifully observed vignettes that are as poignant as they are playful. Peynet, who first captured the world's imagination with his Les Amoureux (The Lovers) illustrations in the 1940s, crafted a visual style that is instantly recognisable — elegant linework suffused with warmth, irony, and an unabashedly romantic sensibility. L'Amour stands as a testament to his extraordinary ability to distill complex human emotions into a single, perfectly composed image. A book that lingers long after the last page is turned, it asks a quietly irresistible question: what could be more complicated, or more wonderfully simple, than love?
Author: Raymond Peynet
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the pen of one of France's most beloved illustrators comes L'Amour, a charming and whimsical celebration of romance told entirely through Raymond Peynet's iconic, tender drawings. The book chronicles the timeless courtship of Peynet's signature characters — the dreamy, beret-clad poet and his delicate sweetheart — as they navigate the gentle comedy and sweet yearning of love. With minimal words and maximum heart, it presents the universal language of affection in a series of witty, beautifully observed vignettes that are as poignant as they are playful. Peynet, who first captured the world's imagination with his Les Amoureux (The Lovers) illustrations in the 1940s, crafted a visual style that is instantly recognisable — elegant linework suffused with warmth, irony, and an unabashedly romantic sensibility. L'Amour stands as a testament to his extraordinary ability to distill complex human emotions into a single, perfectly composed image. A book that lingers long after the last page is turned, it asks a quietly irresistible question: what could be more complicated, or more wonderfully simple, than love?