{"product_id":"corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures-9798875001345","title":"Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures","description":"Artist Hugo Pratt's most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in \u003cem\u003eCorto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. In \"Fable of Venice,\" a riddle from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists, budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this collection of quintessential seafaring adventures also presents the Corto Maltese classics \"The Secret of Tristan Bantam,\" \"So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,\" and \"The Seagull's Fault,\" making this book an exciting introduction to Pratt's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Pratt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.62w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798875001345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMullaney, Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDean Mullaney\u003c\/strong\u003e is the winner of multiple Eisner Awards for his work as editor and publisher at Eclipse Comics. He is the creative director and editor of The Library of American Comics.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePratt, Hugo:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHugo Pratt\u003c\/strong\u003e (1927-1995), author and artist, was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005 and was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême Festival. He is one of the greatest international graphic novelists. Born in Italy and hailed as \"the inventor of the literary comic strip,\" he is best known for his popular comic book adventurer, Corto Maltese.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastaldi, Simone:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimone Castaldi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Italian at Hofstra University in New York where he teaches cinema, literature, and comics studies. He is the author of the first in-depth English language study of Italian comics, \u003cem\u003eDrawn and Dangerous\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Mississippi), a book analyzing the intersection of the postmodern arts with Italian auteur comics during the 1980s. He has also published articles and contributed chapters to books on Italian cinema, literature, and comics. In 2020, in collaboration with Dean Mullaney, he completed the translation of Hugo Pratt's \u003cem\u003eCorto Maltese\u003c\/em\u003e, a twelve-volume series for The Library of American Comics (IDW).","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hugo Pratt \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834171375773,"sku":"9798875001345","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_90736ba2-bfae-4a3f-baf7-e02220d7c389.jpg?v=1776145284","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures-9798875001345","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}