Rewriting Fables for a Shaken World
With The Dystopian Fountain, Lannïck Dinard takes on a literary monument: the fables of La Fontaine. But here, there are no predictable morals or well-mannered little animals. In this biting yet poetic universe, the characters are transformed, distorted, and transposed into an absurd world where the veneer of wisdom cracks under the weight of modern contradictions.
The fox may be a lobbyist. The lamb, an overwhelmed civil servant. The cicada sings in vain in a desert of algorithms. Each work twists a familiar symbol into a visual reflection of our times: information overload, conformity, loss of bearings, false knowledge… All delivered with a touch of dark humor, an expressive line, and a wealth of detail that stirs both unease and wonder.
This collection is an invitation to read — and reread — our founding myths through a critical lens as sharp as it is poetic. For the fables of tomorrow are not the ones we think.
