Graphic Novel Adaptation of Michel Bussi's Noir 'Ninfee nere' Set in Monet's Giverny

The Italian publisher Edizioni E/O has released a graphic novel adaptation of Michel Bussi's award-winning crime novel 'Ninfee nere' (Black Water Lilies). Originally published in 2011, the novel has won five major literary prizes in France. The story is set in Giverny, the Normandy village where Claude Monet lived and worked from 1883 to 1926, now a pilgrimage site for Impressionist art lovers. The narrative revolves around three women: an eleven-year-old girl prodigiously talented in painting, a thirty-six-year-old attractive and sensual wife, and an eighty-year-old widow keeper of secrets. The author describes them as 'the first was selfish, the second was a liar, the third was evil.' The graphic novel adaptation is scripted by Fred Duval and illustrated by Didier Cassegrain, a well-established French comics duo. The adaptation maintains the meticulous puzzle-like structure of the original, with clean, functional drawings attentive to psychological nuances and expansive landscapes. The book is 144 pages, priced at €28, with ISBN 9788833571287.