The Divine (graphic novel) Yann Martel, best known for the international bestseller "Life of Pi". It was released in July 2015 and has hit the New York Times Best Sellers list. It has since received highly positive reviews. "Publishers Weekly" had chosen "The Divine" for "top ten graphic novel for spring 2015", describing it later on as: "Heady, hellacious, and phantasmagoric". Jesse Karp on his Booklist review wrote: "Stunning artwork and creeping dread weave together in this satisfying and moving page-turner". Douglas Wolk from The New York Times described it as "a too rare example of artists getting top billing", referring to the artwork
Yann Samuell alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by Christophe Barratier as "La novelle guerre des boutons" (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France. Both films were released in France during the same week in September 2011. Barratier's film is being distributed in the United States as "The War of the Buttons" (2012). Samuell also directed the film adaption of the Gothic children's novel "The Great Ghost Rescue" (1975) by Eva Ibbotson. It was released in 2011. Yann Samuell Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Samuell went to film school and