A Man's Skin

 A Man's Skin is a graphic novel by French author Hubert. The narrative tells the story of Bianca, a Renaissance-era woman of marrying age, who wishes to be able to meet her husband, Giovanni, before their wedding day. Her mother, a conservative Christian woman, is against that. So is her brother - a servant of the Lord, who's growing more fanatical by the minute. It's only her aunt (or godmother? I don't remember) that reaches out to help, by taking her to live with her before the wedding and showing her Lorenzo.

Lorenzo is... a piece of skin. I'm not joking. Traditionally, the women in their family have had  Lorenzo for generations and when the time for marriage came, they each got their turn wearing the skin and finding out a bit about the world of the men. Now it was Bianca's turn, who wasted no second getting the skin on and going to meet with Giovanni. At first she's quite disappointed with him, but overtime grows to like and eventually even love him.

The trouble only begins when Giovanni returns those feelings of love - except he falls in love with Lorenzo, and not with Bianca! The two men begin a love affair destined to end in tragedy. All this while Bianca's brother's fanatical reign over the city keeps getting stronger and stronger.

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