Date 10 September 2025
Pages 139
Format cm 20 x 28
Price € 24.00
EAN 9782330211615
Publisher Website www.actes-sud.fr

The Shyness of Trees

Publisher Actes Sud
Keywords Fantastic
Age YAAdults
An urban environment being taken over by vegetation. A young man who is a little lost, and time ticking by… Post-lockdown, a version.

There are branches atop the dense forest canopy that never touch–a phenomenon that botanists call the "hyness of trees." César moved to the city a few months ago for college, but due to insomnia and an ill-defined malaise,
he abandons his classes and cuts himself off from his fellow students. His rare outings are mainly to the grocer’s, and he can’t help noticing that the flora is gradually invading the streets, eating away at the street furniture and redrawing the city map.