The story of Gerard Janus began as a family quest: his father, Werner, his paternal grandfather, Georges, who underwent the Nazi purge.
Quite quickly, from one discovery to another, this story crossed paths with another: the story "that does not pass", as German historians have put it. And the well-kept secrets of the Lutheran Church of Alsace at the time of the Annexation.
Today, as a pastor but also simply as a man, Gérard Janus delivers the discoveries he has extracted from the abode of (...)
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We would welcome the opportunity to discuss all offers regarding our rights.
Here is a selection of titles, with presentations and translated excerpts. We can discuss all offers regarding any title.
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The abode of silence
Gérard Janus
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The Bookcase
Jack Koch
18 September 2020"The Bookcase” is a poetic illustrative album, without words.
The story of two children’s journey through different worlds, the sea, the books, the bales of straw, the stars…
To go from one color to another you need to take astonishing paths.
Born at Strasbourg in France, Jack Koch was a teacher before devoting himself to illustration. He is very active and follows into social networks.
Genre: poetic illustrations – compilations of drawings
Number of pages: 36
Keywords: without words – (...) -
Shadow Lives
Pierre Kretz
9 November 2018Ernest Schmitt was born before WWI in a small Catholic peasant family, near the Swiss border. During the 30s, he became a lawyer in Strasbourg and married the daughter of his boss, a prominent member of the Protestant high society.
He will try to build his life as a man during a few decades deeply marked by the madness of mankind and the excesses of History.
On june 5th 1956 he disappears suddenly.
“Shadow Lives” evokes those entire generations who never really had the chance to choose (...) -
Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of Haut-Koenigsbourg
Jacques Fortier
9 October 2017Five years before the Great War, Sherlock Holmes is sent to Continental Europe to thwart the plot of England’s future enemy: Wilhelm II.
Genre(s):
• Detective fiction • Sherlock Holmes pastiche
Keywords:
• Sherlock Holmes • Investigations • Victorian Era • Wilhelm II • The Holy Lance
Audience: suitable for all audiences; fans of historical fiction, investigations, and Sherlock Holmes pastiche.
Right sold abroad: /
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Five years before the Great War, Sherlock Holmes is sent to (...) -
Sherlock Holmes Comics Series
Seiter and Manunta
9 October 2017All three albums are the work of two big names in the 9th Art: Roger Seiter’s efficient plotlines pair perfectly with Giuseppe Manunta’s magnificently cinematographic artwork.
Genre(s):
• Comics and graphic novels • Detective fiction • Adventure • Historical (19th century) Keywords:
• Sherlock Holmes • Crime • Victorian Era
Audience: suitable for all audiences; fans of comics
Rights sold abroad: Spain
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Three women and one century
Janine Elkouby
9 October 2017A fictional tale inspired by true stories: three women, three mothers, three eras over the course of the 20th century; three variations on intimacy, femininity, and relationship with God. A fictionalized portrait of the modern Jewish woman.
Genre(s):
• roman-fleuve (3 generations) • personal testimonial narratives
Keywords:
• History (20th century, anti-Semitism) • Jewish identity • Male-female relationships • Feminism • Integration
Audience: suitable for all audiences and all ages; readers (...)