by Yves Navarre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401421518
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«Jardín de aclimatación» is the novel by French writer Yves Navarre, published by Plaza & Janés in 1981 in paperback, in Spanish.
The story follows a French bourgeois family marked by social conventions; one of its sons, who is homosexual, is subjected to a lobotomy because of that condition. The novel explores repression, guilt and the contradictions of an education based on appearances.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1980. Includes the translation by J. Ferrer Aleu and belongs to the El Ave Fénix collection (no. 51). Original title: Le Jardin d'acclimatation.
For readers interested in contemporary French fiction and novels with LGBT themes.
Yves Navarre was a French writer. A gay man, most of his work concerned homosexuality and associated issues, such as AIDS. In his romantic works, Navarre was noted for his tendency to emphasize sensuality and "the mystical qualities of love" rather than sexuality or sensationalism. He was awarded the 1980 Prix Goncourt for his novel Le Jardin d'acclimatation.
