A courtyard full of finds
Ewout Storm van Leeuwen
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A courtyard full of finds
Ewout Storm van Leeuwen
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A man with an old Landrover and an invalid son has settled in a remote town in northern France. The war elsewhere and the closure of the cement works have driven out many of the inhabitants and summer visitors. The man is interested in just one thing: an estate where perhaps no one has lived for a century. He sets out to investigate and discovers some disturbing things in the courtyard. On the terrace of the only restaurant open, a young psychologist is fascinated by the way father and son communicate. Because he and she are blocked by past experiences, Yuri, who can't speak, has a lot of work to do. And what the bomb squad discovers at the yard... you wouldn't wish it on even the angriest neighbor.
In fact, when I write these stories, I proceed like a painter: I have a blank canvas in front of me that I want to fill with color. In this case, the blank canvas is a man’s nomadic existence, revolving around his love and care for a little boy who can’t speak or move. He takes him everywhere, in a wheelchair or on his back. In this story, he encounters situations that will turn his solitary existence upside down, including an irrepressible need to move into an abandoned property and build a new life. To put down roots. A woman enters the picture. But the estate has secrets, and the woman is not exempt from them either. The little boy manages to bring them together. Both man and woman gain a new life, which they put at the service of the other. This fills them with a love for the other, a love that is not selfish. A kind of reset and play, given to them by the gods, or fate, or simply by their own desire.
In fact, when I write these stories, I proceed like a painter: I have a blank canvas in front of me that I want to fill with color. In this case, the blank canvas is a man’s nomadic existence, revolving around his love and care for a little boy who can’t speak or move. He takes him everywhere, in a wheelchair or on his back. In this story, he encounters situations that will turn his solitary existence upside down, including an irrepressible need to move into an abandoned property and build a new life. To put down roots. A woman enters the picture. But the estate has secrets, and the woman is not exempt from them either. The little boy manages to bring them together. Both man and woman gain a new life, which they put at the service of the other. This fills them with a love for the other, a love that is not selfish. A kind of reset and play, given to them by the gods, or fate, or simply by their own desire.