{"id":14747,"date":"2019-01-28T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortomaltese.com\/en\/?p=14747"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:12:11","slug":"under-the-sign-of-capricorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortomaltese.com\/en\/under-the-sign-of-capricorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Corto Maltese – Under the Sign of Capricorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

HUGO PRATT<\/h2>\n

Corto Maltese.\u00a0Under the Sign od Capricorn <\/span><\/h1>\n

This book, the first of 12 volumes, launches the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt\u2019s masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format with new translations made from Pratt\u2019s original Italian scripts.<\/h2>\n
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“Perhaps I am the king of the imbeciles, the last representative of a\u00a0dynasty, now completely extinct, that\u00a0beloved in generosity!..in heroism…”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote>

\"Las<\/span>Corto Maltese<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A<\/span> boy in search of a submerged continent, a drunken professor; a voodoo priestess and her young apprentice; a rebel who forces Corto Maltese to choose sides, and an injury that will cause him to\u00a0 <\/span>look at reality in a new way.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Corto is doing all he can to escape from the world, destiny keeps putting in his path people willing to do anything in pursuit of something: a lost land, a ship with a cargo of gold, the promise of freedom\u2026 A journey to discover South America, its mysteries and its intoxicating beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Under the Sign of Capricorn collects the first six inter-connected short stories Pratt created in France in the early 1970s: \u201cThe Secret of Tristan Bantam<\/strong>\u201d, \u201cRendez-vous in Bahia<\/strong>“, \u201cSureshot Samba<\/strong>“, \u201cThe Brazilian Eagle<\/strong>\u201d, \u201cSo Much for Gentlemen of Fortune<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cThe Seagull\u2019s Fault<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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