by Gilles Leroy · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070359875
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«Jardins Publics» (on the cover, «Les jardins publics») is the novel by Gilles Leroy, published by Gallimard in a French paperback edition.
In «Les jardins publics», the protagonist walks through various public gardens while recalling his past and observing the people who inhabit them. Through these encounters and his reflections, the novel addresses solitude, memory, and the search for meaning in ordinary life.
«Les jardins publics» originally appeared in 1994; this paperback edition from the Folio collection is from 2009.
For readers of French fiction who prefer intimate novels about memory and everyday life.
Gilles Leroy is a French writer. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the "Lycée Ducasse". His novel Alabama song won the Prix Goncourt in 2007.
