by Michel Quint · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070313495
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«Effroyables jardins» is the novel by Michel Quint, published by Folio in paperback (74 pages, in French).
The protagonist, a child, feels ashamed when his father, a respected teacher, dresses up as an amateur clown. Uncle Gaston reveals the meaning of that vocation by telling him a tragicomic episode from World War II, in a story marked by restraint, humor and tenderness.
The work, originally published in 2000, won the Prix Cinéroman in 2001. This paperback edition appeared in February 2004 as number 3982 in the Folio collection.
For readers of literary fiction in French interested in contemporary French literature and stories about World War II.
Michel Quint is a French writer from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
