World Without End
  • Published: 28 January 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241661949
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 196
  • RRP: $65.00

World Without End

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The French graphic novel that outsold Asterix, became a word-of-mouth sensation and transformed the way millions of readers think about climate change

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Is this the end of the world? Perhaps not.

In this eye-opening, hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller, a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, walks us through just about everything: from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes, office jobs, and oil; ancient history and modern geopolitics; economics and ecology; the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all. As he describes the world we live in - a world whose future is deeply uncertain - the artist, Christophe Blain, intently listens and draws.

Coming face to face with global warming, the unlikely duo - along with Mother Nature, Yoda and Jiminy Cricket, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes, we have a fossil-fuel problem, but simply switching to renewable energy won’t provide an easy fix. We can and must rethink everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words, all of us - work together and, with a few technological fixes, succeed in creating a world without end.

"Masterful and unforgettable... A testament to the power of the graphic novel" - Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis

"READ. THIS. BOOK."- Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

"Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps." – Elizabeth Kolbert.
  • Published: 28 January 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241661949
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 196
  • RRP: $65.00
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About the authors

Jean-Marc Jancovici

Jean-Marc Jancovici was born in 1962. Considered one of the world's leading specialists in the field of energy and climate change, he is a co-founding partner of Carbone 4 and president of the think tank The Shift Project. He also teaches at Mines ParisTech and is a member of the French government's High Council for the Climate. He is the author of several books including Le Plein S'il Vous Plait! La Solution au problème de l'énergie and Dormez tranquille jusqu'en 2100.

Christophe Blain

Christophe Blain was born in 1970. An award-winning graphic novelist and writer, he is one of very few authors to have twice won the prestigious Graphic Novel prize at the Festival of Angouleme. His bestselling books include the sensational hit Quai d'Orsay, which was adapted for the cinema by Bertrand Tavernier in 2013.

Praise for World Without End

One of the most brilliant summaries of climate issues that has ever been written... rigorous, realistic and lucid

Huffington Post (France)

This perfect duo explain ecological issues without an ounce of dogmatism... It is a far cry from the ideologues who, by dint of telling us that everything is screwed up, encourage more inaction or contrition than action. Jancovici does not pretend that we can fix everything. He believes that there are solutions to alleviate the problem, but we must begin by understanding it

Les Echos

With his graphic genius, Christophe Blain makes Jean-Marc Jancovici's analysis of climate. Change widely accessible ... the subject is serious but nothing forbids laughing at it ... Mischevious and lively

La Croix

Is it possible to talk about energy, climate, ecology and the uncertain future in a simple and fun way? World Without End shows that it is

Ouest-France