Gone are the days of exploiting animals in books! An advocate for animal welfare, Dorothée de Monfreid has dreamed up 100% vegan fables (well, almost… there’s some butter and eggs in the recipe). And they’re even more brilliant than La Fontaine’s! To successfully mock human stupidity and call out the flaws of our society without using a single animal, relying instead on everyday objects, furniture, fruits, or vegetables, is nothing short of high art. Dorothée de Monfreid is truly the only one capable of pulling off such a feat with such wit, humor, and refinement. Who else could, through drawing alone, breathe so much life and character into an armchair, a vacuum cleaner, or a plastic bag? No one! But we already knew that, given her 2020 release with Misma, the very hot Les Choses de l’amour (The Things of Love). With these fables, she’s back at it again in an entirely different register to our absolute delight!
