The cat of the gardener

Thomas Schlesser, writer

At the invitation of the Bibliothèques de Nice

After the triumph of his novel of initiation to art,The Eyes of Mona(translated into thirty-seven languages, sold in more than sixty countries, including the United States and China), Thomas Schlesser continues his quest for beauty and wisdom with Le Chat du jardinier published at Albin Michel. Located in a Provence devastated by a terrible storm, this flamboyant fresco celebrates the restorative power of poetry, able to reenchant the world. A novel open to all, which reconciles with poetry and reveals its vibrant simplicity, far from any intimidating scholarly development. The author shows how poetry can contaminate the real: read to high voice, learned by heart, it acts to the deepest of oneself, connects beings, strengthens nature, circulates like energy. It is in this breath that his new novel is written.