Customs flying
Francis Place
Gallimard Jeunesse - 01/10
333 pages - from 11 years - 13,50 EUR
you afraid of Ankou? This mythical character of Brittany all dressed in black, who came to take the souls departing on his black carriage, pulled by a black horse.
You should. Anyway this is what you will advise the coughers Gwen, a young orphan who grew up on the land of Brittany. In winter 1914, when his lungs still ill will give heart to joy, he will be subtracted from his life of misery with a trip to the cart Ankou.
It will thus leave a house that had been bequeathed by the healer of the village. Braz old who had taken an apprenticeship shortly before going to sleep under the earth. The
Ankou destination is a beach of the country of the twelve provinces, a timeless place where you do not know the UK where there is no rumor of war, where Gwen is going to become a distraction .
On this beach are on duty members of the Customs Volante, men in powerful political significance in charge of collecting taxes, and lost.
One of these especially Customs will throw his sights on Gwen and her talents as a healer: Jorn, a tall blond mine engaging. But it would be wrong to rely on his first impression. The customs will become a mentor, and explain the codes of this unknown world. Only here the codes are also Jorn own, and Gwen will learn in pain.
Magnificent novel of adventure, high seas, an epic that's it.
We knew the storytelling skills of Francis Place, which added to the magic of his books: Siam, the king of the three orientations, the last giant etc. ...
Now is precisely the drawing the lines so characteristic, are no longer supported, they can be found right on the cover. Where Gwen and Jorn are represented with Daer, a particular bird drugged with juniper.
These are the main characters that give us the author, they walk and are jostled by the wind. That fate?
It is difficult as the whole story is rich in history, the world of medicine and the policy are added to the complexity of the whole.
This novel is truly a magical moment, each scene will surprise you with its raw side, its unexpected twists, the fineness of the characters represented, any upsets you.
Gwen, especially, with its mouth anti-hero to life choices confusing, yet so human.
The animals also are important: the unbearable Daer, the terrifying Kraken lurking in the rolling waves, but especially the turtle in the legends which supports the weight of the world and opens the doors of time here.
the author's site are not exist here is a link to Ricochet, to find all the necessary information.
Side Blogs:
Clarabel emphasizes essential part of the book, but remained on the roadside.
Emmyne is more enthusiastic.
Van Goyen to the Dutch painter windswept landscapes, where there are squinting in tiny characters which F. Place wanted brought to life in this novel.
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