George Sand's graphic biography celebrates her life and work, which championed women's rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation. Born in 1804, Sand defied norms and wrote about affairs and friendships with men. This biographical portrait by Séverine Vidal and Kim Consigny restores her to the center stage she always commanded in her lifetime.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 344 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2024
Publisher: SelfMadeHero

A Graphic Biography of Female Novelist George Sand

George Sand, a pioneering figure of 19th-century French literature, was a female novelist who championed women's rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation. Born in 1804, at a time when women were deprived of their civil rights, Sand defied these norms in her life and writing. She adopted the gender-neutral pen name George Sand and had a career lasting over forty years as a novelist and playwright. She is best remembered today for her affairs and friendships with men, including the composer Chopin, the painter Delacroix, and the novelist Balzac. However, this moving biographical portrait, written by Séverine Vidal and illustrated by Kim Consigny, restores her to the center stage she always commanded in her lifetime. Not just as the daring, scandalously cross-dressing, bisexual, cigarette-smoking divorcée novelist, but as the brilliant chronicler of her changing time—and therefore of ours.

Weight: 868g
Dimension: 172 x 241 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914224201