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Dans mon jardin les fleurs dansent by Olivier Cornil
Book in French and English
This is you, your story, and, through you, piece by piece, my own life. O.C
“You speak openly about the past.Your own past, and of your family stories.
Like an elephant, you never forget – you can remember it all: names, places, and dates.
But most of the time, these memories are tinged with sadness.
Often bitterness. it’s sometimes painful.”
Your childhood caught between four brothers for whom you were insignificant, even inexistent.
A surly, materialistic father who spared no thought but for work and money. You life on the farm, exhausting and joyless.
The long lasting, harsh impression that they never really liked you. Thankfully, there was your mother, Elisabeth. Sadly, taken from us too soon; you still tear up when you talk about her.
« Dans mon jardin les fleurs dansent est une série entamée il y a quelques années, à Bugeat, en Corrèze, où ma mère a décidé d’aller vivre.
C’est l’histoire simple, mais comme beaucoup d’autres pas toujours facile, d’une femme, d’une mère, de liens, de ruptures, de deuils et d’envies.
De résignations et de renouveau, de souvenirs, de pleurs et de rires. Des images de là-bas et des textes d’ici.
Une histoire. Hier, douloureuse. Belle, aujourd’hui. »
Olivier Cornil
