Strange Gardens by Michel Quint

Strange Gardens by Michel Quint

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Summary

A little boy is ashamed of his father, not understanding his hopeless clowning and self-ridicule, and despising his real, homely, character. But the telling of a secret from World War II helps him to understand and love what drives his father. The clown is what made possible the survivor.

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Strange Gardens by Michel Quint

The novel of war, childhood, courage and memory that has taken France by storm. A country that has been occupied during war has its secrets, and France is full of them. Strange Gardens tells the touching story of two generations coming to terms with each other, as a father's story is slowly unfurled to his son. Finally the boy understands his father's traumatic past, and the courage and humour he has used to disguise it. Without a trace of sentimentality, this powerful fable tells an extraordinary story of memory and forgetting
Michel Quint was born in France in 1949. In 1989 he was awarded the 'Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere' for his novel 'Billard a l'Etage'. He is married with children and lives in France. Strange Gardens is based on his own father's story.
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ISBN 13 9780141005485
ISBN 10 0141005483
Title Strange Gardens
Author Michel Quint
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2002-07-25
Number of pages 96
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.