Hubert is a solitary man who shapes his life by going to museums. He
talks to few people and only about museums and art. When his neighbor
downstairs, a lonely woman, tries to seduce him, he doesn't understand.
He takes photos of the pictures he likes--usually of beautiful
women--and paints copies of the paintings at home. There is only one
real woman who fascinates him; she lives in the opposite building and he
can see her balcony from his window. One of the most beautiful graphic
novels Jonathan Cape has ever published, Hubert marks the beginning of
a great career.