Edgar, a vampanella born in the rose gardens of Poe's village, has been struck for centuries by the curse of immortality. Accompanied by his friend Allan, he travels across Europe from one era to another, alternately playing the resident of a West German boarding school or the model of a landscape painter. Prisoner of his memories as well as his secrets, Edgar confronts in spite of himself the most subtle torments of Destiny: infinite existence... and eternal mourning. With The Clan of Poe by Moto Hagio, succumb to the powerful melancholy of vampanella condemned to live forever.
