2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award-GOLD Winner for Graphic Novels & Comics Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France follows the life of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. For some, he was a villain. For others, a hero. As Germany occupies France, Mr. Joseph thinks his influence can keep his family safe, but he soon finds that the only way to stay one step ahead of the Nazis is to keep his friends close and his enemies closer. Though he plays both sides of the fence as a Nazi collaborator and French resistant, a tangled web of interests forms around him that proves it will take a lot more than money to pay for the survival of his family. An international bestseller with over 1 million copies sold, the French series Once Upon a Time in France, collected here in one omnibus edition, has won the BDGest'Arts Best Scenario Award, BDGest'Arts Album of the Year, and Angoulême International Comics Festival Best Series Award, among many others.

Author: Sylvain Vallée
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dead Reckoning
Published: 10/16/2019
Pages: 368
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781682474716
English Languag Edition


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019 pg. 27
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 80
Shelf Awareness 10/04/2019

About the Author
Fabien Nury has scripted more than fifteen comics series, including Once Upon a Time in France, which won the Best Series Award at the Angoulême Comics Festival and The Death of Stalin, which was adapted to the film with Steve Buscemi. Nury is also a television screenwriter and has created the Guyane TV series. Sylvain Vallée graduated from the Saint-Luc School of Brussels. He started as a freelance illustrator in advertising and cartoonist. He published his first comic book with Glénat at age 25 and has worked on a dozen series. Ivanka Hahnenberger is a translator and businesswoman. Through her company VIP Brands, she sells worldwide English translation rights to European comics and graphic novels. She has also translated over 50 comics and graphic novel titles from French and German into English. Sylvain Vallée graduated from the Saint-Luc School of Brussels. He started as a cartoonist and a freelance illustrator in advertising. He published his first comic book with Glénat at age 25 and has worked on a dozen series.