Published by "Drawn and Quarterly "in 2007, "Exit Wounds"--a tale at once mystery and romance--introduced North American readers to the colorful and tightly woven narrative by Rutu Modan and was included in "Time "and "Entertainment Weekly"'s "best of" lists. "Jamilti and Other Stories "collects the cartoonist's short works, which lead the reader through unexpected turns of plot and unusual character portraits. Some are darkly fantastical and unsettling, such as the unraveling of a serial-killer murder mystery, or her accounts of an infatuated plastic surgeon and his sanitarium, and a mother back from the dead with dubious healing powers. Others are more attuned to surprising discoveries that shape personal identity, as in the story of a tragic past that lies within a family's theme hotel, or that of a struggling musician who hopes an upcoming gig will be his big break. In "Jamilti," Modan addresses political violence with a suicide bombing that shakes up a day in the lives of a young couple.

Une adaptation audacieuse du Pygmalion de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Cette légende de la mythologie grecque relate le récit de Pygmalion, sculpteur révolté par le mariage, qui, tombant amoureux de sa statue Galatée, implore la déesse Aphrodite de la rendre vivante afin qu'il l'épouse. La première apparition de cette légende remonte aux Métamorphoses d'Ovide. La publication de la BD en mai couronnera une année de collaboration artistique avec le Paris Mozart Orchestra.