Cronus' children / Yves Navarre ; translated by Howard Girven.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : J. Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press, 1986.Description: 319 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0714540137 :
  • 9780714540139
  • 0714540145 (pbk.)
  • 9780714540146
Uniform titles:
  • Jardin d'acclimatation. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 843/.914 19
LOC classification:
  • PQ2674.A88 J313 1986
Summary: A Prix Goncourt winner, this novel plays variations on the story of Cronus, the Titan overthrown by his son Zeus. Henri Prouillan is the aged father of Luc, Sebastien, Claire, and Bertrand. Although the children loathe their father, they nonetheless resemble him; for this reason, the wives of Luc and Sebastien leave, Claire's husband dies, and Bertrand's lover commits suicide. Only Bertrand had dared confront his father, defying him and openly declaring his homosexuality. As a result, Bertrand spends his days between life and death, victim of a lobotomy forced upon him years ago by his father, who wanted at any cost to protect the bourgeois values that had allowed him to grow rich and rise in the French government.
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Translation of: Le jardin d'acclimatation.

A Prix Goncourt winner, this novel plays variations on the story of Cronus, the Titan overthrown by his son Zeus. Henri Prouillan is the aged father of Luc, Sebastien, Claire, and Bertrand. Although the children loathe their father, they nonetheless resemble him; for this reason, the wives of Luc and Sebastien leave, Claire's husband dies, and Bertrand's lover commits suicide. Only Bertrand had dared confront his father, defying him and openly declaring his homosexuality. As a result, Bertrand spends his days between life and death, victim of a lobotomy forced upon him years ago by his father, who wanted at any cost to protect the bourgeois values that had allowed him to grow rich and rise in the French government.

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