In his latest novel, Gilles Marchand transports us back to the Glorious Thirty, where we meet Gino, an ordinary dreamer whose life mirrors the upheavals of a France in the midst of radical change. By giving a voice to the anonymous builders whom history has forgotten, the author examines the illusions of progress and weaves a sensitive tapestry of an era when anything seemed possible.
Un Cyrano des Trente Glorieuses. Quel beau personnage, si grand dans sa modestie, si attachant. Un roman bourré de charme.
LE FIGARO LITTÉRAIRE
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About Gilles Marchand
Gilles Marchand is the author of Le soldat désaccordé (published by Aux Forges de Vulcain), a bestseller and winner of the 2023 Naissance d’un oeuvre prize. Les promesses orphelines is his sixth novel.
