by Michel Quint · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478887484
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«Los jardines de la memoria» is the novel by Michel Quint, published by Salamandra in hardback (96 pages, in Spanish).
The narrator recalls his childhood marked by the shame he felt seeing his father dressed as a clown at children's parties. Years later, a family friend reveals the reasons for that strange vocation, linked to an episode of the French Resistance during the Second World War. A brief story about memory, dignity and humour as a refuge from barbarism.
A 96-page novel in hardback, published by Salamandra in 2002 in the Narrativa collection. The original French title is Effroyables Jardins (2000).
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction seeking moving stories about the Second World War, memory and relationships between parents and children.
Michel Quint is a French writer from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
