It’s wintertime in the city. Sébastien is homeless and is getting ready to spend the night outside. He makes
himself a cardboard shelter. As he fills asleep, a form rises from his body: it’s Bastien the bear. This bear is
Sébastien’s dream, his body heat, out for a midnight stroll. Off on his jaunt, in search of food, the bear meets a
string of characters: an old lady and her dogs, a violinist… Bastien dreams of days gone by, when cities were nothing but forests. He returns to Sébastien and covers him with his warm body. A subtle and honest tale, which looks at the lives of the marginalised in a new light. Bordering on magical realism and far from sanctimonious, the book gives pride of place to its characters and the world of dreams.