by Didier Decoin · LGF · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253071341
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«Le Bureau des jardins et des étangs» is the historical novel by Didier Decoin, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (384 pages, in French).
In 12th-century Japan, during the Heian era, Miyuki takes the place of her husband, a carp fisherman who died in the Kusagawa River, and crosses forests and mountains to the capital to deliver the fish from the sacred ponds. The journey confronts her with storms, bandits and legendary creatures, while the memory of her husband sustains her.
The novel won the Prix des lecteurs L'Express/BFMTV 2017 and its original edition was published in 2017. Didier Decoin is a member of the Académie Goncourt.
For readers of historical fiction set in medieval Japan and of contemporary French fiction.
Didier Decoin is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.
