The Town That Didn't Exist

by Pierre Christin, Enki Bilal (Illustrator)

Series: Collection Légendes d'Aujourd'hui (3)

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The town of Jadencourt has fallen on hard times. The people are poor, the workers at the factory are on strike, and the aristocrat who was keeping the factory open has passed away. Just when things seem like they can't get any worse, the town learns that the factory has been left in the hands of the aristocrat's estranged granddaughter. When she tells the townspeople her vision for their future, it is something that they never would have thought possible...… (more)

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although i don't like this still of illustration by Bilal but the novel shades light on the eternal pursue of the ideal city and the conflict between leisure and work in a post-industrial context. reminds me of
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work by Nick Srnicek. (

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Christin, Pierre	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bilal, Enki	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed

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The Town That Didn't Exist

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La ville qui n'existait pas

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The town of Jadencourt has fallen on hard times. The people are poor, the workers at the factory are on strike, and the aristocrat who was keeping the factory open has passed away. Just when things seem like they can't get any worse, the town learns that the factory has been left in the hands of the aristocrat's estranged granddaughter. When she tells the townspeople her vision for their future, it is something that they never would have thought possible...

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