Chantemesle is a lyrical evocation of growing up on the banks of the Seine. In this minutely observed landscape, where even the wind is a character in its own right, we meet blind Battouflet, the singing hermit of the hillside, solemn Clotilde, who lives in a chateau in the heart of the forest and a desiccated and disturbing spinster, Mlle. Firman. Robin Fedden writes with preternatural clarity, taking the reader with him into a long-forgotten yet echoingly familiar world. When Fedden finds himself expelled from this realm by his emerging sexuality, he leaves us reeling with nostalgia for that timeless sense of the present that is the magic of childhood.
- ISBN13 9780907871927
- Publish Date 31 July 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 April 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Eland Publishing Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 112
- Language English