Encyclopédie du fantastique et de l'étrange

Synopsis of Encyclopédie du fantastique et de l'étrange

«Sorcières et magiciens» is volume 2 of Béatrice Bottet's encyclopedia of the fantastic, published by Casterman in hardcover (95 pages, in French).

This volume is devoted to witches, sorcerers and wizards, and brings together tales and legends of magic in which the marvellous coexists with the unsettling. It draws on the imaginary of fairy tales, peopled with fantastic creatures, and presents witchcraft as a world that is close yet hard to reach for those who have lost their sense of wonder.

Second volume of the series «Encyclopédie du fantastique et de l'étrange», published in 2004 and illustrated by Christine Adam, Vincent Dutrait, Fabien Rondet and Nicolas Weis.

For young readers and teenagers, especially those who enjoy fantasy, fairy tales and stories of witchcraft and magic.