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2003 Nominated

In Our Strange Gardens

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Years ago, in the bitter years toward the end of WWII, two cousins found themselves at the mercy of a German guard following an explosive act of resistance. Thrown into a deep pit with a small group of terrified hostages, the men are told that one of them will die by dawn to serve as an example for the others. It’s up to the prisoners to propose who will be sacrificed. But then the guard returns with an extraordinary proposition of his own.
In years to come it will become an old man’s anecdote, a memory of a moment that once changed the lives of the men who lived it, and once recalled, will define the life of the boy to whom it was told.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Michel
Quint

Michel Quint was born in France in 1949. He wrote for the theatre and for radio, before turning to thriller writing. In 1989 Quint was awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for his novel Billard à l’étage. In Our Strange Gardens is based on his own father’s life.

Michel Quint was born in France in 1949. He wrote for the theatre and for radio, before turning to thriller writing. In 1989 Quint was awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for his novel Billard à l’étage. In Our Strange Gardens is based on his own father’s life.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Barbara
Bray

Barbara Bray (1924–2010) was a renowned British translator, script editor, and radio producer who became one of the most vital links between 20th-century French avant-garde literature and the English-speaking world. She is best known as Marguerite Duras’s preferred translator and as the intellectual partner of Samuel Beckett.

Barbara Bray (1924–2010) was a renowned British translator, script editor, and radio producer who became one of the most vital links between 20th-century French avant-garde literature and the English-speaking world. She is best known as Marguerite Duras’s preferred translator and as the intellectual partner of Samuel Beckett.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
France
Original Language
French
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Translator
Barbara Bray

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