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HORUSFONCK – ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ (4.5/5)

"This book is like the treasure chest of a memory that must be preserved at all costs."

"Nineteen scenes, an epilogue and a postscript have taken Horusfonck into the colors, flavors, smells and sounds of a country wounded by an absurd conflict... Vietnam, which, having returned to life, remembers."

"Here is a beautiful book that sings softly with the hope of those who live..."

Cicou45 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ (4.5/5)

" Yes, magnificent, it truly is as an object-book, one that one enjoys keeping preciously in one's library, as it is filled with colors, pastel tones, magnificent drawings (at first), then increasingly explicit drawings, and one then understands all the horror of this story."

" This is a heartbreaking story that the reader discovers here, one of those that is not told and is not even taught in school textbooks, and yet..."

" A book to remember and, above all, to say 'Never Again,' but what recourse can be found in the face of human barbarity..."

Tynn – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 out of 5)

"The object in my hands immediately intrigues me... Its title, Hop, is presented to me with a calligraphic elegance, hinting at its meaning in Vietnamese: "box"."

"Flipping through its pages immediately becomes a treat: subtle gradations of gray, sepia, and nuanced blues echo each other, highlighted here and there by a few splashes of red that enliven the illustrations."

"Poetic texts are not dissected; they are lived. And here, the immersion is fluid, delicious, and rich in sensitivity."

Zephirine – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

" This book, Shoeboxes'75, is first and foremost a beautiful object that one enjoys leafing through. The colors, the density of the paper, the illustrations, all of this gives you a furious desire to dive into the text without waiting... which I did!"

" This is the genesis of a terrible story, that of Operation Babylift, the evacuation of children and babies at the time of the fall of Saigon in April 1975."

" The verses are short, rhythmic, and the movement carries us away like the current of a river."

Dvall – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 out of 5)

"Shoeboxes'75 is a poetic narrative composed as a duo, a series of poems shaped by syncopated prose that present themselves as paintings or scenes showing landscapes of Vietnam, moments of daily life among the rice paddies, a stationery store, a street food stall where a delicious phở broth is steaming..."

" The couple behind this collection, united by life and the desire to undertake projects together across borders, presents us with this narrative object, an intimate story that serves as a work of memory."

"The prose is very accessible, but its simplicity is precisely what is disarming."

Anniefrance – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

"The book itself is magnificent, with a simple cover, different colored papers, and illustrated with naive drawings in soft colors. French text translated into Vietnamese."

"Poetic with sometimes a subtle humor."  

"Bravo to HỘP for this great work."

"Magnificent book-object, understated cover, papers of different colors... Bravo to HỘP for this beautiful work."

Lyrics – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

"Flashes projected onto a memory screen, Shoeboxes 75 could be a silent black and white film."

"Its colorful decor, with its soft hues and naive designs, hints at a certain languor, a certain gentleness."