David Clerson's first novel won the Grand prix litteraire Archambault 2014. It is an original piece of fiction, steeped in myth and fable, a reflection of our own familiar surroundings in a distorting mirror.This world of "e;monstrous creatures, bigger than anything they could imagine, two-headed fish, turtles with shells as huge as islands, whales with mouths big enough to swallow up whole cities"e; is seen through the eyes of two brothers, the elder brother missing an arm, the younger fashioned by his mother from that arm.