by Eve de CASTRO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266261807
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«Joujou», subtitled «L'histoire incroyable mais vraie d'un jouet humain», is the historical novel by Ève de Castro, in paperback.
In 1741 Poland, the ruined Countess Boruwlaska sells her nine-year-old son as a human toy. Joseph, a Lilliputian of perfect proportions and great intelligence, will live almost a century: he plays the violin for kings, seduces women, travels through a turbulent Europe and arouses the interest of scientists before becoming a legend.
Novel in French, 320 pages. The original edition was published in 2014 and this pocket edition appeared in May 2016.
Historical novel for readers interested in extraordinary lives and in the transition from Ancien Régime Europe to the industrial revolution.
Valérie Cazeneuve called Ève de Castro (1961) is a French writer, novelist and screenwriter, a winner of the Prix des libraires in 1992, the Prix des Deux Magots and the Prix Maurice Genevoix in 1996.
