CHANTEMESLE, UNE ENFANCE EN NORMANDIE - Robin Fedden
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12,5 x 18,5 cm / 128 pages / February 2017
isbn : 978-2-35137-202-9
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From the charming hamlet of Chantemesle (France) to the Impressionist village of Giverny, the Seine once held in its bosom a brilliant colony of English artists. Long afterwards, their presence, along with that of many others, foreigners and locals alike, continues to haunt the hillside and the valley.
The landscape of his childhood is imprinted in Robin Fedden's memory. Digging through the pockets of his short trousers, he found feathers, shells and pebbles, and has brought us this story, a little forgotten treasure, never before published in French. To translate it, I had to follow in his footsteps, wander with him through labyrinths of greenery, perceive the miniscule, take deep gulps of light... In short, follow Fedden through the dry and the wet, to the point of experiencing with him the troubling feeling that growing up, passing from one age to another, is already betraying who you once were.
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