Rating: 
Summary: Fast and furious
Review: With 'In our strange gardens' French writer Michel Quint has created a short miracle with a novella hitting a little more than 60 pages he is able to tell a profound story. Many people write books with over 300 pages and don't tell half of Quint tells here.It is a story of a French boy whose father is a primary teacher and a clown in his free time. The boy --who also is the narrator-- doesn't like the clown thing, but on one crucial Sunday he'll find out what's behind his father-clown. In a story that involves war, survivor, betrayal and love the truth is unfold. With a fast prose, the book doesn't require more than a few hours to be read. But the feeling it leaves is timeless. We have read and seen in movies many stories about War and the French Resistance, and besides this one may not be different from what we have known, it is very engrossing and moving. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Fast and furious
Review: With `In our strange gardens' French writer Michel Quint has created a short miracle with a novella hitting a little more than 60 pages he is able to tell a profound story. Many people write books with over 300 pages and don't tell half of Quint tells here. It is a story of a French boy whose father is a primary teacher and a clown in his free time. The boy --who also is the narrator-- doesn't like the clown thing, but on one crucial Sunday he'll find out what's behind his father-clown. In a story that involves war, survivor, betrayal and love the truth is unfold. With a fast prose, the book doesn't require more than a few hours to be read. But the feeling it leaves is timeless. We have read and seen in movies many stories about War and the French Resistance, and besides this one may not be different from what we have known, it is very engrossing and moving. Highly recommended.
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