LA GOVERNANTE

A murder. Totally unintentional, but murder all the same. Remorse, guilt, but above all agonizing worry. Who will make the bed? Who will clean the house? Who will shine the shoes? And what's more the governess was young and beautiful. Farewell reputation! The corpse must be got rid of . Utterlry devoted, even when dead, the governess fulfils this wish. But she goes too far! Her lifeless body inexplicably disappears from the trunk where it had been hidden. Confusion and amazement turn into panic and dismay when it reappears in the bed. But that's not all. It disapperars again, only to pop out from the bedside table and then vanish again; over and over, utterlry devoted, she reappears and fades away all around the house, any time of the day. A dizzy whirl of absurd, surreal situations in which Edouard Osmont's visionary flair manages to astound and raise a smile again and again. An irreprensible, exuberant black humor which is still vital and alive despite being a century old. Masterfully portrayed with humor by Sara Gavioli, at her debut as illustrator. Illustrations in black and white, with a few drops of red. Blood red, of course.