Cyprien Mallorie a �t� menuisier �b�niste dans une commune proche de Tulle. Esprit singulier, cabochard, il ne s'en est jamais laiss� imposer par personne. Mais il y a quelques mois, sa femme est morte, et le voici seul dans un village presque d�sert. Il a plus de quatre-vingts ans et des crises d'angine de poitrine le terrassent. Cependant, obstin�ment, farouchement, il refuse l'id�e m�me d'entrer dans une maison de retraite, malgr� l'insistance de ses enfants : ce serait s'arracher � son atelier, � ses amis, � son jeune copain Olivier, un gamin de sept ans � qui il apprend � lire le ciel, la terre et l'eau. Ce serait s'arracher � ses souvenirs, � ses amours enfuies, � sa vie... Il est sur le point d'accepter le sort que ses enfants et la soci�t� lui destinent, lorsque le rejoint Caroline, sa petite-fille, qu'animent les m�mes passions que lui...

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Romancier des situations contemporaines (Le Porteur de destins, prix Maison de la presse), Gilbert Bordes s'est aussi r�v�l� grand romancier de l'Histoire avec Les Fr�res du diable (Robert Laffont, 1999) et Lydia de Malemort (2000). Les Secrets de la for�t est son dernier roman.

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