Cyrille Putman - Voyage éclair au Paradis
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Heir to a long line of uniformed officers, raised to respect the cap, procedures and silent masculinity, Jean Barre joins the police force as one might join a religious order. The only son of a police officer and an obsessive health inspector, Jean lives in a house called Le Paradis des Hirondelles (The Swallows' Paradise). But this paradise has walls. And behind those walls, there was a crack: the young man, passionate about contemporary art, felt a dissonance growing within him. Another life was calling him, a life that was more uncertain, more fragile, more unpredictable.
In the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood, assigned to the 6th arrondissement police station, Jean discovers a parallel world. Galleries, vernissages, enigmatic works: he wanders, observes, falls in love. Then a shock: his encounter with Arnaud de Charrette, a dandyish and magnetic gallery owner, opens a breach in his locked-down existence. Between romantic turmoil, aesthetic bewilderment and the collapse of his bearings, the young policeman confronts a truth that overwhelms him: that of his desire, his singularity, his right to be rebellious.
This initiatory novel, with its incisive and tender style, paints the portrait of a man in metamorphosis. It is a plunge into the absurd, the symbolic violence of family heritage, but also into the dazzling moments of everyday life. Combining social comedy and the discovery of life, Voyage éclair au paradis is a declaration of love for art as an intimate revelation, and for the courage it takes to become fully oneself.
Cover by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
French
14 x 21.6 cm
282 pages
© Jacques-Marie Laffont Éditions
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Cyrille Putman - Voyage éclair au Paradis
Launch / Signing
November 26, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
* Unfortunately, we are not able to guarantee a specific cover at time of order. Thank you for your understanding.
Heir to a long line of uniformed officers, raised to respect the cap, procedures and silent masculinity, Jean Barre joins the police force as one might join a religious order. The only son of a police officer and an obsessive health inspector, Jean lives in a house called Le Paradis des Hirondelles (The Swallows' Paradise). But this paradise has walls. And behind those walls, there was a crack: the young man, passionate about contemporary art, felt a dissonance growing within him. Another life was calling him, a life that was more uncertain, more fragile, more unpredictable.
In the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood, assigned to the 6th arrondissement police station, Jean discovers a parallel world. Galleries, vernissages, enigmatic works: he wanders, observes, falls in love. Then a shock: his encounter with Arnaud de Charrette, a dandyish and magnetic gallery owner, opens a breach in his locked-down existence. Between romantic turmoil, aesthetic bewilderment and the collapse of his bearings, the young policeman confronts a truth that overwhelms him: that of his desire, his singularity, his right to be rebellious.
This initiatory novel, with its incisive and tender style, paints the portrait of a man in metamorphosis. It is a plunge into the absurd, the symbolic violence of family heritage, but also into the dazzling moments of everyday life. Combining social comedy and the discovery of life, Voyage éclair au paradis is a declaration of love for art as an intimate revelation, and for the courage it takes to become fully oneself.
Cover by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
French
14 x 21.6 cm
282 pages
© Jacques-Marie Laffont Éditions
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Launch / Signing
November 26, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
* Unfortunately, we are not able to guarantee a specific cover at time of order. Thank you for your understanding.
Heir to a long line of uniformed officers, raised to respect the cap, procedures and silent masculinity, Jean Barre joins the police force as one might join a religious order. The only son of a police officer and an obsessive health inspector, Jean lives in a house called Le Paradis des Hirondelles (The Swallows' Paradise). But this paradise has walls. And behind those walls, there was a crack: the young man, passionate about contemporary art, felt a dissonance growing within him. Another life was calling him, a life that was more uncertain, more fragile, more unpredictable.
In the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood, assigned to the 6th arrondissement police station, Jean discovers a parallel world. Galleries, vernissages, enigmatic works: he wanders, observes, falls in love. Then a shock: his encounter with Arnaud de Charrette, a dandyish and magnetic gallery owner, opens a breach in his locked-down existence. Between romantic turmoil, aesthetic bewilderment and the collapse of his bearings, the young policeman confronts a truth that overwhelms him: that of his desire, his singularity, his right to be rebellious.
This initiatory novel, with its incisive and tender style, paints the portrait of a man in metamorphosis. It is a plunge into the absurd, the symbolic violence of family heritage, but also into the dazzling moments of everyday life. Combining social comedy and the discovery of life, Voyage éclair au paradis is a declaration of love for art as an intimate revelation, and for the courage it takes to become fully oneself.
Cover by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
French
14 x 21.6 cm
282 pages
© Jacques-Marie Laffont Éditions
