Jean-Michel Genasia, a new name in European prose, author of the novel “Club of Right Optimists”. French critics called his book the Great, and the French lyceum students presented the author of the Goncurov Prize.
The hero of the novel is twelve years old. This is Paris of the beginning of the sixties. And this is the notorious transitional age, when everything: school, communication with parents and in general life – is difficult. Michelle Marini is no different from peers, except for the passion for photography and selfless love of reading. He also has a secret shelter – this is the back room of the Parisian bistro. There are strange people who fled from countries separated from the free world with an iron curtain, argue, yearn, play chess in anticipation when their fate decides. Surprisingly, it is here, in this room, nicknamed the club of incorrigible optimists, that the power lines of the era are crossed.
Author
Genassion Jean-Michel
Translator
Klokova Elena
Publisher
Foreigner, 2014
Series
Foreign. literature. Modern classic
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