On sale date: February 24, 2026
A captivating mediation on existence by acclaimed artist and graphic novelist Roman Muradov.
Waking up in Purgatory, a young woman is forced to take part in a lottery, which she wins. Unfortunately for her, since she has had enough of life, the prize is to return to the world of the living and continue her life from where she had left it, with one significant difference: this time, she can see and communicate with ghosts—her own included. Her dull, monotonous life carries on, though her profound solitude is now mitigated by the presence of the ghosts of the dead, most notably her own. She discovers that living with her ghost has its advantages, until this relationship suddenly turns into a spectral triangle...
By turns compassionate and cruel, All the Living is a quiet, melancholy story full of delicate details, and unexpected humor. It's a slow and subtle meditation on loneliness, rendered in Muradov's shifting style, full of finesse and sensuality. A parable — at the same time gentle, penetrating, and occasionally profane — that marks the return of a master of the modern graphic novel.
Praise
"Very controlled, very clever and sensitive. A book that ends in a deep darkness that makes you want to start again from the beginning and stay in the loop." — Radio France
"A very beautiful ballad steeped in silence, that leaves you speechless." — Suricate Magazine
"A deeply melancholic graphic novel, All the Living bears witness to the unique place that Roman Muradov occupies in the world of comics. The author introduces the fantastic world into a most ordinary universe with a naturalness that confuses it, mixing the two with inspiring inventiveness." — Livres Hebdo
"There's an emotional lightness serving a plot that questions the desire to live. A window onto other places, other dreams, other questions. The themes of this graphic novel, like pieces of a puzzle, elegantly fall into place. Magnificent." — LiRE Literary Magazine
"With a very European sense of humor (the story could be a chapter in a book by Mircea Cartarescu), Muradov describes both the daily life between the protagonist and her own ghost as well as the absurd rules governing the world. Although it may initially appear austere and not very romantic, All the Living is a book that gains in consistency with each new reading. An original story infused with poetry." — LM-Magazine
Specs
- Pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback / Softback
- Color
- Full color.
- Dimensions
- 7" × 10"
- ISBN-13
- 9798875002427