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03245aam a2200409 i 4500 001 563BFFDA2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 230726t20232023fr 000 1 fre 010 $a 2023431899 020 $a 9791032927823 035 $a (OCoLC)1395542134 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d EYM $d TJC $d INU $d VP@ $d C3L $d AUXAM $d OCLCO $d QGJ $d ERASP $d EEM $d CDS $d OCLCO $d CUS $d IAY $d OCLCA $d EMU $d NUI $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a PQ2671.O438 $b H86 2023 082 14 $a 843 100 1 $a KÅnig, Gaspard, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Humus / $c Gaspard Koenig. 264 1 $a Paris : $b EÌditions de l'Observatoire, $c [2023] 300 $a 379 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; $c 20 cm 520 $a "Deux eÌtudiants en agronomie, angoisseÌs comme toute leur geÌneÌration par la crise eÌcologique, refusent le deÌfaitisme et se mettent en teÌte de changer le monde. Kevin, fils d'ouvriers agricoles, lance une start-up de vermicompostage et endosse l'uniforme du parfait transfuge sur la sceÌne du capitalisme vert. Arthur, enfant de la bourgeoisie, tente de reÌgeÌneÌrer le champ familial ruineÌ par les pesticides mais se heurte aÌ la reÌaliteÌ de la vie rurale. Au fil de leur apprentissage, les deux amis mettent leurs ideÌaux aÌ rude eÌpreuve. Du bocage normand aÌ la Silicon Valley, des cellules anarchistes aux salons ministeÌriels, Gaspard KÅnig raconte les paradoxes de notre temps - mobiliteÌ sociale et meÌpris de classe, promesse de progreÌs et insurrection eÌcologique, amour impossible et deÌsespoir heÌroïque... Une histoire de terre et d'hommes, dans la grande veine de la litteÌrature reÌaliste."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Two agronomy students, anguished like their entire generation by the ecological crisis, refuse defeatism and set out to change the world. Kevin, son of agricultural workers, launches a vermicomposting start-up and dons the uniform of the a perfect defector on the scene of green capitalism, Arthur, a child of the bourgeoisie, tries to regenerate the family field ruined by pesticides but comes up against the reality of rural life. As they learn, the two friends put their ideals to rest. tough ordeal from Normandy to Silicon Valley, from anarchist cells to ministerial salons, Gaspard KÅnig recounts the paradoxes of our time - social mobility and class contempt, promise of progress and ecological insurrection, impossible love and heroic despair... history of land and men, in the great vein of realistic literature."-- $c Provided by publisher. 586 $a Prix Interallié, 2023. 586 $a Prix Jean Giono, 2023. 586 $a Prix transfuge du meilleur roman français, 2023. 500 $a "Roman"--Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Compost industry $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sustainable agriculture $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Ecofiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01982496 655 7 $a Satirical literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01922539 655 7 $a Ecofiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Satirical literature. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619011917.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=563BFFDA2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search