What's it like to live in another country and return home to find that nothing has changed except yourself? That's the fate of Lucia and Piero, the heroes of this tender story of 'sentimental education' told by Paris-based Italian comic book author Manuele Fiore.
After a violent breakup, Piero and Lucia go their separate ways: she to Norway, where she meets the man who will become the father of her child, he to Cairo to delve into Egyptian antiquities. But neither can forget each other or fill the void. 'Five Thousand Kilometers Per Second' is a vivid portrait of a generation fickle in everything, even in love, torn between the desire to escape and the desire to return to their roots.
In 2010, Manuele Fior won the Best Author award at the Italian comics festival Lucca Comics and Games for this book, and in 2011, the Best Book award at the French festival in Angoulême.

Author: Fior Manuele
Publishing House: Boomkniga
Year: 2017
Number of pages: 144
Cover type: hardback
Translator: Vizel Mikhail
Illustrator: Fior Manuele
Country of origin: Italy
Age group: young adults, adults