Home » Entertainment » Netflix: the Lupine series shoots up book sales in Europe and the United States – Music and Books – Culture

Netflix: the Lupine series shoots up book sales in Europe and the United States – Music and Books – Culture


The French have thrown themselves back into reading the classic written by Maurice Leblanc that tells the stories of the white-collar thief Arsène Lupine, after the success of the Netflix series that premiered last Friday.

In just five days, Lupin has become number one in the United States and France and has led to increased sales of the first book in the series, Thief knight, from the Hachette publishing house, which this January 13th launches a new edition of the book.

“After the premiere of the series, we have had to relaunch a reissue, of which we already have 10,000 copies“, declared Cécile Teouanne, director of Hachette Romans y Livre de Poche Jeunesse, al diario The Parisian, which ensures that online sales platforms have tripled book sales.

The series is not an adaptation of Leblanc’s works, but rather a current interpretation of the thief, who in the series is called Assane Diop, and whose vital reference is precisely Arsène Lupine, who will motivate him to perpetrate the crimes that we can see throughout of the five chapters that the production has.

This new series includes the story The Queen’s Necklace, which is the starting point of the plot, starring actor Omar Sy, known from the film Untouchable, from 2011, and that he has been in charge of spreading the promotional posters throughout Paris by himself..

In this first chapter, the protagonist tries to help some gangsters in the suburbs of the capital to steal a necklace that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette from the Louvre Museum, which is auctioned for 24 million dollars to pay off the debt he owes with they.

The resounding success of the series is also palpable in Parisian bookstores such as Ici librairie, on Boulevard Haussmann. Its co-founder, Anne-Laure Vial, highlighted how the series’ premiere last Friday has generated renewed interest in the character. “I have worked this weekend and many people came to ask for the book Thief knight. We did not expect it and we had to double the orders“he explained.

Published in 1907, Arsène Lupine, Knight Thief is a collection of nine short stories that include The Queen’s Necklace, at the heart of the series’ plot. The white-collar thief is one of the most famous characters in French literature and well-known on the Old Continent, with 17 novels and 39 short stories featuring his exploits.

The character of Lupine first appeared in a series of stories published in the magazine I know everything in 1905, and since then there have been interpretations and adaptations in comics, plays, television series and even video games.

EFE

– .

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.