by Jérôme Garcin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070744282
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«Bartabas, roman» is the biographical novel by Jérôme Garcin, published by Gallimard in paperback (235 pages, in French).
The work narrates the life of Bartabas, founder of the Zingaro equestrian theatre, from his childhood in Courbevoie to the worldwide success of his shows, from the tent in Aubervilliers to the royal stables of Versailles. Garcin portrays an artist who reinvented the equestrian spectacle and created an imaginary universe under a fictitious identity, in a book that is also a tale of friendship.
Work published in 2004.
For readers interested in biographies of artists, contemporary circus and equestrian shows.
Jérôme Garcin is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the Nouvel Observateur, produces and hosts the radio programme Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française.
