Ordinary Victories

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Ordinary Victories (French : Le Combat ordinaire) is a comic book written and illustrated by Emmanuel Larcenet. The book won the Golden Wildcat (Fauve d'Or) award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2004. [1] [2] Ordinary Victories tells the story Marc, a war photographer in his twenties, has some psychological problems and moves to countryside where he meets a veterinarian Emilie.

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References

  1. "Fiction Book Review: Ordinary Victories by Manu Larcenet, Author, Patrice Larcenet, Illustrator . NBM/ComicsLit $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56163-423-1". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. "Ordinary Victories". Europe Comics. Retrieved 2018-02-01.