The Rest of Their Lives
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From the author of The Reader on the 6.27, Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, comes another enchanting adventure into the land of love . . .
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent is een gevierd verteller wiens werken de subtiele maar diepgaande aspecten van menselijke verbinding en isolatie verkennen. Zijn verhalen werpen vaak een licht op de stille momenten en alledaagse ontmoetingen die ons leven vormgeven. Met een unieke mix van warmte, humor en scherpe observatie nodigt zijn schrijven lezers uit in rijk voorgestelde werelden.
From the author of The Reader on the 6.27, Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, comes another enchanting adventure into the land of love . . .
"Guylain Vignolles leads a dull and solitary life. He hates his job and his only company at home is a goldfish. Every morning he takes the 6.27 to his tedious job at a book pulping factory. He hates his boss and his assistant but he finds companionship with the factory's guard, an eccentric aficionado of classical literature. On the train each morning on the way to work, Guylain reads aloud to his fellow commuters the disparate pages that he rescues from the jaws of the monstrous pulping machine. One morning on the train, he finds a USB stick which contains the diary of a young woman. As Guylain reads the diary, he finds himself falling love with its author ... This enchanting novel is a warm and funny fable about literature's power to uplift even the most monotonous of lives; and how there can be dignity and poetry for even the most misunderstood."--From publisher's website.
On the train each morning on the way to work, Guylain reads aloud to his fellow commuters the disparate pages that he rescues from the jaws of the monstrous pulping machine. One morning on the train, he finds a USB stick which contains the diary of a young woman. As Guylain reads the diary, he finds himself falling love with its author ...
Pour tromper l'ennui lors des confessions, un prêtre s'adonne à un penchant secret. Une jeune femme trouve l'amour aux caisses d'un péage. Pendant la guerre, un bouleau blanc sauve un soldat. Un vieux graphologue se met en quête de l'écriture la plus noire. Une fois l'an, une dame pipi déverrouille la cabine numéro huit. Onze nouvelles primées à travers la France, qui ont révélé l'univers noir, drôle et poétique de Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, et ont donné naissance aux personnages du Liseur du 6 h 27.