CELINE, A PARISIAN LIFE T02

In the 19th century, a rather imperturbable and cold 14-year-old girl, Céline, arrives in Paris to hold
his promise to his teacher: to experience all kinds of things in the capital. But now she
fired from her job as a waitress on the first day, then pushed around by busy Parisians. It's here
that she will meet an old man who will offer to house her on the condition that she becomes his “eyes”.
Indeed, the old man is trying to write a book about the life of Parisians and will suggest that Céline try her hand at
in different professions so that his feelings serve as material for his book. Céline will then do a whole bunch of
odd jobs, through which she will meet different people who will tell her their stories
and their dreams and which will little by little change our heroine.
Céline, a River Town is the new series from Akame Hinoshita, the author of Flowers of the Aegean Sea. We
remains in the same vein as its previous series with a title that mixes slice of life, poetry and history.
We like to walk around the city of Paris and observe the daily life of Parisians, whether they are simple
citizens or from the bourgeoisie, through the eyes of Céline. We discover the different professions there
of the time such as that of seamstress, servant or even lawyer and the author is never short of details,
explanations and historical facts. The designs are also magnificent. They stick perfectly to
the relaxed atmosphere of the story and pay true homage to the unique architecture of the city of Paris.
Finally, the stories of the people Céline met are particularly touching and we
raise awareness of the social conditions of the time, particularly the privileges of the bourgeoisie
Parisian.