Under a persistent rain, which seems destined to never subside, Stavros
lives and moves through the streets of dark and gloomy nameless city; he
has a job and a fiancée, his life is normal. Yet several, different
voices talk to him - sometimes whispering, sometimes whining or
yelling - whenever he hears the water running. One day, Stavros wanders
the city under a heavy rain; voices become insistent, revealing his
deepest, unspeakable secrets as well as his dreams and memories. He is
tormented by these mysterious voices, perhaps a sign of his madness. Or
perhaps of a wider, collective madness, which infects everyone around
him, to the point of being transmitted to the entire universe.
"I hear voices."
"It's called schizophrenia."
"No ... I only hear them when the water runs."
"It's always called schizophrenia."
A dramatic graphic novel full of black humor, spectacular and
disturbing, written with visionary power and extraordinary narrative
impetus by an absolute master of comics, Tiziano Sclavi, the creator of
Dylan Dog. And illustrated by one of the most important Italian comics
artists of the last decade, Werther Dell'Edera, co-creator of the
bestselling Something Is Killing The Children.
THE VOICES OF WATER is a dystopic, dark yet magnificent graphic novel.
THE VOICES OF WATER is a classic metaphor: The Wandering Hero, The Inner
Journey.
THE VOICES OF WATER is a thought-provoking ride, as it conveys the
frenzy and the feelings of our modern society.
