ALBERTINE

Albertine is a literary graphic novel inspired by the hidden emotions behind Marcel Proust's stay in Cabourg.

Summer 1902. Marcel Proust, fragile, ill, and painfully shy, becomes fascinated by Albertine, a lively young woman whose freedom and vitality seem everything he lacks. Unable to confess his feelings, he watches, writes, and transforms his love into words rather than actions.

What Marcel never fully understands is that Albertine sees more than he believes. She recognizes the depth of his feelings long before he can admit them, and gradually comes to care for him in return. As the summer draws to a close, their brief connection becomes a story of missed opportunities, tenderness, fear, and the struggle between real life and literature.

Years later, Albertine survives not as a memory but as a creation of art. Yet behind the immortal character stands the real woman who knew the truth all along.

A moving tale about love left unspoken, the price of timidity, and how literature can preserve what life cannot keep.