#Le jardin

[mapping-elysium]

Postcards

Le Jardin '21

This laminated post card offers a glimpse across the river. A little more than a decade after the war, the eastern bank is already fully renovated. The hillsides are lush with gardens and residences, someone's parked a small beige airship by the fountain. This postcard will sell for a pretty penny.

Grand Couron '37

This postcard depicts an ill-advised residential area overlooking the Jamrock Quarter. 13-story buildings line the hillside like sarcophagi, an ominous fog already rising from behind. These are the last boom years -- in '39 the project fails catastrophically, leaving behind an opiate and hepatitis B infested slum.

Martinaise '98

A faded picture postcard from the end of the last century shows Martinaise as was before the Revolution. It's the height of summer, Rue de Saint-Ghislaine is teeming with parasol-wielding bourgeoisie and Wild Pines flags buttress the walkway. Nothing is written on the back.

Couron '33

This one has 'HELL' written on its back. It could not be further from the truth. It's the boom years, and Couron, the nicest district in Revachol West, is enjoying a sun drenched day. Tall and handsome buildings rise from the riverside: steel, iron and yellow limestone, with cloud shadows sliding on the facades.

Boogie Street '46

This crumpled up postcard depicts an open air market in Boogie Street ~5 years ago. A vendor smiles as dead roosters line his stalls -- hung by their feet from canopy. Red blood flows onto the muddy street, blurry shadows of people pass

[misandriste]

The Nun (1966) dir. Jacques Rivette

[apropositodime]

La Dalia sta tornando 🥰🌺

[maddiesbookshelves]

Le Jardin, Paris, by Gaëlle Geniller

"Le Jardin" (the garden) is a Parisian cabaret owned by a woman meeting growing success. All the women working there are named after a flower and they feel like family. Rose, a 19 years old boy, was born and grew up in this establishment. He also wants to be a dancer and to perform on stage, in front of a crowd, just like his friends. He will quickly become the main attraction.

I absolutely loved this graphic novel. A friend made me discover the artist a while ago and I've been obsessed with her art ever since. So when I had the opportunity to buy this, I did.

It's an adorable story, the themes it deals with (gender, how to deal with people's looks, being perceived as a woman in society...) are approached with subtlety and care.

The relationship between Aimé and Rose is so romantic but can also be read as platonic (unless you follow the author on instagram, haha... even though it's where I got confirmation that Aimé is on the ace spectrum). Anyway, loved it, I can't wait to read Gaëlle Geniller's next book when it comes out in 2024.

French version under the cut

"Le Jardin" est un cabaret parisien au succès grandissant dirigé par une femme. Toutes celles qui y travaillent ont un nom de fleur et l'ambiance y est familiale. Rose, un garçon de 19 ans, est né et a grandi dans cet établissement. Il souhaite à son tour être danseur et se produire sur la scène, devant un public, comme ses amies. Il va rapidement en devenir l'attraction principale.

J’ai absolument adoré cette BD. Une amie m’a fait découvrir l’artiste y’a un moment et depuis je suis obnubilée par ses dessins. Donc, quand j’ai eu l’occasion de l’acheter j’ai sauté dessus.

C’est une histoire adorable, les thèmes abordés (le genre, comment gérer le regard des gens, être perçu comme une femme dans la société…) l’étaient avec subtilité et délicatesse.

La relation entre Aimé et Rose est tellement romantique mais peut aussi être lue comme platonique (si on suit pas l’autrice sur instagram, haha… même si c’est sur insta que j’ai eu la confirmation que Aimé est sur le spectre de l’asexualité donc bon). Bref, gros coup de cœur, j’attends avec hâte 2024 pour la sortie de la prochaine BD de Gaëlle Geniller.

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonne matinée 💙👘🆕️

Léo Kobuta🎶Le Jardin

(Haïku)

[barbiemonamie]

Scène diorama pour Barbie "The Garden" / "Le Jardin"

Abonnez-vous c’est gratuit !

Enjoy and subcride ! 

[mordacitatis]

you wouldnt download a PLANT

[nellaltradimensione]

Paris

[azelie-michoux-portfolio]

A few researches for the animated project “Le Jardin, Paris”, an short adaptation from the graphic novel, written and drawn by Gaëlle Geniller.

[mapping-elysium]

Map Wall: Map of Revachol

Revachol:

North Coast of La Caillou

“Shattered by the delta” of the Esperance

Series of river islands and distributaries

EAST REVACHOL

Le  Jardin

Stella Maris

Saint-Batiste (made up of suburbs, home of Saint-Batiste pharmaceutical company)

WEST REVACHOL

Couron

not Grand-Couron [district in jamrock] The Lower Middle Class (Possibly the district the GRIH/57th is in?)

Jamrock

Burnt out Quarter in the heart of jamrock

Faubourg

“Almost as bad” and much bigger than Jamrock 

Coal City

Poverty district

Martinaise

North of Jamrock Strip of coast next to the GRIH 1200m distance between bookstore and church

NOTES: Finding the factoid about the distance between the bookstore and the church is HUGE! It gives us more of a scale to the map. I need to track down the conversation sources but i still want to note that Couron and Grand-Couron are separate locations.

Map Wall - Several maps have been attached to a bulletin board hidden inside the alcove. They're held up by small pins. The board has come loose from one corner.

Map Wall - The maps look old and faded. Your eye catches a map of Insulinde, a map of Revachol, and a map of Martinaise.

You - Look at the map of Revachol.

Map Wall - The north coast of a verdant island is shattered by the delta of a river. It is the River Esperance. Countless bridges put the shards back together, connecting city blocks to river islands. *La Delta*, says a great, artificial heart in the centre, teeming with lifeforms and construction.

Map Wall - To the east, rolling hillsides: Le Jardin, Stella Maris, the suburbs of Saint-Batiste, swallowed up into the megacity. They sound *rich* to you. This is Revachol East.

You - And west of the river?

Map Wall - Couron. It's somewhere to live. Not bad. Then there's Jamrock -- it's *bad*. People shouldn't live there, but they do. Then Faubourg -- it's almost *as* bad and much larger. Then Coal City. It's the worst.

You - And Martinaise?

Map Wall - It's so small you can't even see it on the map. No... wait. There it is! North of Jamrock, the strip of coast next to the Greater Revachol Industrial Harbour. It looks downright despondent. It's almost Coal City, to be honest.

Shivers - No. Coal City is worse. A charred limb. Rain falls on its slick black streets. And then there's the Burnt-Out Quarter in the heart of Jamrock... is it cold in this bookstore, or is it just *you*?

Volition - No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

Inland Empire - You feel you're *just* west of Coal City. Somewhere above Jamrock and close to Coal City.

[misandriste]

la piscine (1969)

[mikasuzuki]

[maddiesbookshelves]

Le Jardin by Gaëlle Geniller is getting an English translation!

I'm so happy 🥺

The English title is gonna be A Boy Named Rose and you can already pre-order it on the Barnes & Noble website. I don't know where else you can find it since this is the only link Gaëlle put on her Instagram but you can probably ask your local bookstore!

And if you don't know what I'm talking about, I posted a review of this beautiful gem right here

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

Soap : "Yeah uhh... sure."

Gaz : *Takes photo* *sends pic to Alex and Farah*

Soap : *Sends pic to Alejandro and Rudy*

*Spreads throughout Urzikstan* *Spreads throughout the Los Vaqueros*

*Somehow the Shadows knows it too idk*

*Somehow Laswell and Price knows last*

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(They're sparring ok 👍)

idk why I drew this but I got a lil' naughty 👁️👄👁️

[sky60038]

Alpes-Maritimes, Grasse, histoire-du-musee-dart-et-dhistoire-de-provence par Olivier Boyer Via Flickr : 230514_Sony_DSC4065_HDR www.museesdegrasse.com/histoire-du-musee-dart-et-dhistoir... cotedazurfrance.fr/decouvrir/les-villes-de-la-cote-dazur/...