FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF “ PAROLES DE POILUS ”, “ PAROLES DE VERDUN ”IS A NEW HOMAGE TO THE FRENCH SOLDIERS OF THE 14 - 18 WAR. ALL THE HORROR AND ABSURDITY OF THE GREAT WAR POURS FROM THESE YOUNG SOLDIERS' LETTERS, HEART-RENDING AND SO TERRIBLY HUMAN.
February 1916. The hell of Verdun has been going on for 10 months. Defying the censors who are overrun with millions of letters, the soldiers lucidly describe the atrocity of the most symbolic battle of the First World
War: Verdun. Paroles de Verdun humbly and movingly illustrates daily life in the trenches, and the feelings of those men whose destinies were often
so tragic. A story told by a thousand voices, and illustrated by the top names in the comic book world: Bézian, Chabouté, Lauffray, Martin, Parel,
Paty, Rabaté, Varanda...