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Les cogne-trottoirs – autographed by Bartabas
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” What they saw that day was so incredible that they couldn’t explain it; the children were called liars and the adults were called fabulists. Even the police squad, who arrived in large numbers to disperse the crowd and issue citations to the troublemakers, stood still and took off their caps. The sights were magnificent. In the end, the angel and the donkey, motionless on the rope, balanced on top of each other, vibrated silently in unison.”
A mute girl runs away from her uncle’s house after setting it on fire and takes refuge in the forest, accompanied by her donkey. One encounter leads to another, and they end up in Paris, joining a troupe of street performers, the Baladins du Temple. From Place Saint-Eustache to Montparnasse, under the leadership of the Admiral, the members of this joyful tribe of misfits put on street performances, beg for money, and defy bourgeois order. Renamed Cascabelle, the teenager will gather their confidences, discover freedom, and share their excesses, dreams, and sorrows…
With Les cogne-trottoirs, a coming-of-age novel featuring the touching duo of a tightrope-walking donkey and a girl who has been robbed of her voice by tragedy, Bartabas has written a hallucinatory, lyrical and cheeky first novel in a dazzling style.
! Written in french !
Editions Gallimard
Collection Blanche
288 pages
