Laurence

by Didier Decoin

Dans la cour d'un hôpital, le regard d'un jeune homme croise celui d'une petite fille de treize ans. Et plus rien ne compte : ni la leucémie de la petite fille, ni les doutes du médecin incapable de la sauver, ni le cri de la mère - un cri qui se résume par une fuite.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Didier Decoin is a French screenwriter and author. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing.
While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).
In 1995 he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt.

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