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Timothée de Fombelle

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born

January 01, 1973 in Paris, France

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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As a child...
Timothee de Fombelle was born in the heart of Paris in 1973, but often accompanied his architect father on his travels to Africa. Each summer his family left for the countryside (the west of France), where the five brothers and sisters lived like wild horses, making huts in the trees, playing in the river and losing themselves in the woods. In the evening they performed plays for their parents and devoured the books in the library. Childhood remains for him the lost paradise which he re-discovers through writing.

As an adult...
After becoming a literature teacher, Timothee taught in Paris and Vietnam before choosing the bohemian life of the theatre. Author of a dozen plays, he writes, designs, builds sets and directs the actre...more

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Books by Timothée de Fombelle

Average rating: 4.12 · 354 ratings · 55 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle, Sarah Ardizzone (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Toby And The Secrets Of The Tree by Timothée de Fombelle, François Place (Illustrator), Sarah Ardizzone (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Entre ciel et terre (Vango, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Tobie Lolness by Timothée de Fombelle, François Place 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Un prince sans royaume (Vango, #2) 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Tobia: I. Un millimetro e mezzo di coraggio by Timothée de Fombelle, F. Place (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Celeste, Ma Planete by Timothée de Fombelle, Thimothee de Fombelle 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tu Sei Il Mio Mondo by Timothée de Fombelle, J. Ricossè (Illustrator), M. Bastanzetti (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Toby Alone [With Earbuds] by Timothée de Fombelle, Peter Berkrot (Performance) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Ágról szakadt Tóbiás 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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Series by Timothée de Fombelle

Tobie Lolness (1 book)
by Timothée de Fombelle, François Place (Illustrator), Sarah Ardizzone (Translator)

4.00 avg rating — 477 ratings

Vango (2 books)
by Timothée de Fombelle

4.14 avg rating — 57 ratings

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Quotes by Timothée de Fombelle

“Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly.
The living voice of his parents. Elisha's eyes. These were reasons enough to set off on another adventure.
Reasons to be Toby Lolness again.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Toby Alone

tags: be , elisha , little , living , parents , reasons , tree

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“Perhaps it would be better if your whole life had the same transparency as in its final moments.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Toby And The Secrets Of The Tree

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“[Toby] reflected that being cruel sometimes makes you rich and powerful, but it always makes you ugly.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Toby Alone