La folle avoine

Synopsis of La folle avoine

«La folle avoine» is the novel by Guy Georgy, published in 1991 by Flammarion in hardcover (281 pages, in French).

Young Guy-Noël grows up in rural Périgord with his grandmother, a woman with a mocking spirit who gives nicknames to everyone. Between legends, forests, geese and curious characters, school days are lived as a celebration and the landscape becomes an almost sacred space; that universe awakens in Guy a curiosity for the distant and leads him to Africa.

For readers interested in rural France, childhood memories and coming-of-age stories.