Translator and author of five novels, Francis Grembert, in Les deux tilleuls, paints a moving portrait of his childhood in rural France during the 1960s through his personal story.
The Flemish countryside, delicately illustrated in the finest detail, sets the scene for a childhood thrown into turmoil by the death of his brother François. This tragedy leads him to live intensely, to imprint everything around him into memory—nature, animals, people, their childhood games—and in doing so, to bring his lostbrother back to life.
A powerful tribute to the enduring bond of an immortal connection…