"Marius is 8 years old. He lives in Spontour, by the river? Every year, in spring and autumn, he sees his father, a capbern (captain) gabarier, sail away for 15 days on the Dordogne?
He dreams of one day going with him and experiencing the legendary epic of the gabariers of the upper Dordogne!

"Marius, petit gabarier clandestin de la Dordogne" is a novel about an incredible epic seen through the eyes of an 8-year-old boy, Marius.

A child from Spontour (a village on the banks of the Dordogne), he embarked illegally on the gabare that tells the story of his Dordogne and that of his father, a gabarier and hero of our valley.

Written and imagined by Philippe Marchegay, the book comprises 160 pages and 19 original illustrations by Tanguy Crovisier.
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