Corto Maltese The Secret Rose

Visiting the writer Hermann Hesse while researchingalchemists with his old friend Professor Steiner, Corto drinks from the "sourceof the Alchemy Rose" and becomes immersed in a surreal and dreamlike adventurethat involves Klingsor, the quest for the Holy Grail, Death, the Devil, and theSandman, amon [...]
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Visiting the writer Hermann Hesse while researchingalchemists with his old friend Professor Steiner, Corto drinks from the "sourceof the Alchemy Rose" and becomes immersed in a surreal and dreamlike adventurethat involves Klingsor, the quest for the Holy Grail, Death, the Devil, and theSandman, among others. This complexly plotted graphic novel was among HugoPratt's most philosophical ruminations on the imagination. Series winner ofthe Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. "Classicadventure comics for adults, enjoyable but with depth. Strongly recommended."Library Journal "Pratt's tales are like coming home to an entire oeuvre offables you've never known existed but have always been waiting to read...I canguarantee that Corto Maltese will quickly become one of your most belovedprotagonists." Alex Mangles, tor.com Series Overview: Book 9 in a continuing12volume collection of the complete Corto Maltese stories by HugoPratt.