An English translation can be provided on demand

Larry Tremblay

L'orangeraie

(The Orange Grove)

152 pages | Mars 2016

175 000 copies sold!

Somewhere in the Middle East, twin brothers have lived peacefully under the shade of the orange trees until, one day, an explosive crosses the sky, killing their grandparents. The horrors of war seize hold of their childhood and crush their destiny. Men come to take vengeance for the blood that has been shed. One of the brothers must wear an explosive belt over the mountains and into a military camp. Who will be the chosen one?

Movie rights optioned by Max Films with Murad Abu Eisheh as Director

Comic book adaptation by Rue de Sèvres with Pierre Lecrenier

Opera adaptation by Chants Libres and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Prix des libraires du Québec

Prix littéraire des collégiens

Palmarès des meilleurs romans canadiens de la décennie de Plus on est de fous, plus on lit!

Prix littéraire des enseignants AQPF-ANEL

Prix AIEQ-Suède-Espagne

Prix des lycéens Folio

Prix littéraire des lycéens de l'Euregio 2017

Prix du Club des Irrésistibles (Bibliothèques de Montréal)

Prix littéraire du salon du livre du Saguenay Lac St-Jean (catégorie roman)

Prix des lecteurs du Saguenay Lac St-Jean

Prix Ronsard de Lycéens 2016

Finaliste - Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général (catégorie romans et nouvelles)

Finaliste - Prix Frye Académie IV

Finaliste - Prix des 5 continents

Finaliste - Prix Ringuet de l'Académie des lettres du Québec

Sélection « On aime » Archambault

Coup de coeur Renaud-Bray

Sélection « Les incontournables » Radio-Canada

Rights sold

Azerbaijan

Nebula Publishing

Canada

Biblioasis

China

Haitan Press

Croatia

HENA

Czech Republic

Argo

Denmark

Holgers Forlag

France

La Table ronde

France

Folio

France

Folio+ Collège

France

Voir de près

Germany

C.H. Beck

Greece

Armos

Holland

Nieuw Amsterdam

India (Tamil language)

Kalachuvadu Publications

Israel

Sendik Books

Italy

Beisler

Macedonia

Antolog Books

Mexico

Penguin Random House / Nube de Tinta

Saudi Arabia

Page Seven

Slovenia

Druzina

South Korea

Openhouse for Publishers

Spain

Penguin Random House / Nube de Tinta

Spain - Catalan

Gregal

Taiwan

New Century Publishing

Turkey

Bilgi

United Kingdom

Peirene Press

Ukraine

Anetta

United States

Milkweed

Reviews

Publishers Weekly

'Readers will be uncomfortably stirred by this poignant novel about the haunting effects of war … This is a tale of the innumerable tragedies of war—bereavement, brainwashing, aftermath—told with the lyricism of an epic parable or fairytale, one the reader will not soon forget.

Elle

'A little jewel, finely chiseled'

Toronto Sun

'Larry Tremblay’s ability [is] not so much to weave a storyline as to unravel it with finesse and beauty.'

La Presse

'A fluid and disturbing fable… Subtle and extraordinary.'

Chatelaine

'An essential book.

Auteur

Larry Tremblay

Larry Tremblay is a writer, stage director, actor and Kathakali specialist. Translated into a dozen languages, his theatrical works have been staged in many countries and have garnered numerous literary prizes. In 2006, Gallimard published Piercing, a collection of his short stories. His bestseller, The Orange Grove, has been translated in 19 countries and adapted as a play.

Discover his universe: larrytremblay.ca/portrait/