Catherine Meurisse invokes Thoreau in a new graphic novel, and bristles at the word 'ecoterrorist'
In an interview with Télérama tied to her new BD 'Le Clan de Walden', the cartoonist discusses nature, ecology and a term she says she cannot stomach.
Catherine Meurisse has published a new graphic novel, 'Le Clan de Walden', in which she calls on the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau to think through humanity's relationship with nature and the living world, according to an interview published by Télérama.
In the interview, conducted around the book's release, Meurisse is asked about her own view of ecology. She singles out one word in particular: 'ecoterrorist'. According to Télérama, she says the expression 'me reste en travers de la gorge' — sticks in her throat — a phrase that points to her discomfort with how environmental activism is sometimes labeled in public debate.
Télérama's summary gives no further detail on the plot or structure of 'Le Clan de Walden', beyond its grounding in Thoreau's thought and its concern with ecology and the natural world.
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