In Our Strange Gardens by Michel Quint

In Our Strange Gardens by Michel Quint

In Our Strange Gardens was named a BookSense 76 Recommended Pick for January 2002!

Michel has a story to tell. It's about his father, an exquisitely common man whose very ordinariness is a source of grave embarrassment for the boy. It's also the story told to him by his uncle, who shared a family secret with the child in the flickering black and white images of a Sunday matinee.

Years before, in the bitter years of World War II, during the Nazi occupation of France, two brothers found themselves at the mercy of a German guard following an explosive act of resistance. Thrown into a deep pit with a small group of terrified prisoners, the men are told that one of them will die by dawn to serve as an example for the others. It's up to the prisoners to propose who will be sacrificed. But in the middle of the night, the guard returns with an extraordinary proposition of his own.

A novel of revelation, innocence and ignorance, of the power of language and the strength and complexity of family, In Our Strange Gardens is a fable of nuance and power, a mesmerizing addition to the literature of war.

Michel Quint was born in France in 1949. He wrote for the theatre and for radio, before turning to thriller writing. In 1989 Quint was awarded the Grand Prix de Littü¾Ž–”¼rature Policiü¾Ž†”¼re for his novel Billard ü¾Œ†”¼ l'ü¾Ž–”¼tage. In Our Strange Gardens is based on his own father's life.

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ISBN 13	9781573229166
ISBN 10	1573229164
Title	In Our Strange Gardens
Author	Michel Quint
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2001-12-01
Number of pages	176
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