Per sempre
Forever
by Assia Petricelli, Sergio Riccardi
Tunué, 2020
160 pages
17×24 cm
A graphic novel about love and the challenges of growing up.
While her parents sleep in the tourist village where they are spending their holidays, Viola meets a local boy who spends his days repairing an old boat. He does not seem like everyone else, and from the few words they exchange, she perceives his peculiar sensitivity and tries to help him. Very soon, a spark of love ignites between the two.
The encounters between Viola and Ireneo are considered wrong by her parents, to the point to forbid them and punish her; it is possible that her friends, too, would find them wrong, if only they knew, and this is why Viola doesn’t tell them her secret. On the contrary, the relationship between her friend Valeria and Gabriele is considered “right”, almost “perfect”, at least for some time.
Viola and Ireneo find their space to grow, experiment and become what they are, while the others, especially the adults, cannot see but a “mistake”… and the concept of “mistake” is a central element for our story.
Rights sold: World French (Hachette), World Spanish (Norma/Astronave)
Rights available: all other territories
English translation available
Assia Petricelli is an Italian scriptwriter, documentary director and teacher. She has created historical documentaries, editorial and educational audiovisual products in collaboration with Rai, Italy’s national television, the Italian Ministry of Culture, and other private and public entities, dealing especially with contemporary history, art, archaeology, and gender issues. She has written comic book scripts for important magazines such as Il Manifesto, Animals and Jacobin. Her first graphic novel, Cattive Ragazze, won the Andersen Prize 2014.
Sergio Riccardi is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. After working as a set designer for cinema and television, he dedicated himself to comics, illustration and animation. Among his publications, Salvo e le mafie (Siani Prize 2014), Cattive Ragazze (Andersen Prize 2014). He currently teaches Digital Animation Techniques at Ied Rome, Iudav and other institutions.
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