Georges-Patrick Gleize to sign his latest novel: "Comme une odeur de gentiane" ("Like the smell of gentian")
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About the novel:
In Corrèze, after the war, a dilemma between revenge and forgiveness
In June 1964, on the boat taking the last handful of French soldiers and settlers from Algeria back to Marseille, Roger Lachaud, a train captain, befriends Claire de Puymagnac, a widow of Corrèze origin like himself. Lachaud doesn't hide from her the fact that he's returning home with the idea of taking revenge on those who took away the three women in his life: his mother, his sister and his first love,...
In Corrèze, after the war, a dilemma between revenge and forgiveness
In June 1964, on the boat taking the last handful of French soldiers and settlers from Algeria back to Marseille, Roger Lachaud, a train captain, befriends Claire de Puymagnac, a widow of Corrèze origin like himself. Lachaud doesn't hide from her the fact that he's returning home with the idea of taking revenge on those who took away the three women in his life: his mother, his sister and his first love,...
Opening times
On 20 November 2024 from 14:00 to 18:00
