Giacomo Foscari.Vol. 1: Mercure. Mari Yamazaki. 

In French, 190 pages, black and white; Paperback cover. Rue de Sèvres.
A new series (of about 6 vols.) from the author of the hugely successful manga saga Termae Romae. The protagonist of this new series is an Italian teacher living in Tokyo since the 1960s, making him a witness to the social transformations that took place in both countries in the post-war period. Mixing his childhood and adolescent memories, always under the sign of the Roman god Mercury, and the strange fascination with a young Japanese man who works in his favorite bar, there are links of Death in Venice in this new saga. Quiet, contemplative, it is also a series about the eternity of beauty.