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Fournier, Jean-Louis

Paperback

Series: La Bleue

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 2234070899
ISBN13: 9782234070899
Publisher: Stock
Published: Nov 8 2021
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.32 Depth: 8.47
Language: French

Widower

Rights sold to China (Shanghai 99), Denmark (Arvids), Taiwan (Aquarius) and Turkey (Yapi Kredi).

I'm a widower, Sylvie died on the 12th of November, it's so sad, this year we won't go and shop the sales together. She left discreetly, on tiptoe, with a graceful leap and the sound that happiness makes as it leaves. Sylvie left me, but not for someone else. She fell delicately with the autumn leaves. We were watching a bird crossing the river and discussing the colour of its beak. We disagreed, I said, 'You can't see, you're not wearing your glasses, ' she wouldn't put them on out of coquettish vanity and replied, 'I can see very well far away, ' and fell silent, forever.
I was very lucky to meet her, she carried me along at arm's length, with an ever-present smile. It was a meeting between an optimistic woman and a pessimistic man, an altruistic woman and a selfish man. We were complementary, I had faults, she had qualities. She put up with me for forty years with a smile (and I wouldn't wish myself on anyone). She didn't like talking about herself, even less if people were saying good things. I'm going to make the most of it, now that she's gone.

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