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Les Vacances du fantôme
Roger Croutin se réveille un matin dans la peau d’un autre. Apprenti boucher la veille, il est désormais Antoine de Latour-Jacob, célèbre avocat. Les deux hommes ont échangé leur corps sans savoir comment ni pourquoi. Prisonnier, Roger apprend à vivre le quotidien d’Antoine : les plaidoiries, une famille fantasque, des terroristes italiens et une étrange proposition du président de la République… Romancier et dramaturge, Didier Van Cauwelaert a obtenu le prix Goncourt en 1994 pour Un aller simple. Également en Points : Vingt ans et des poussières, Poisson d’amour et L’Orange amère. « Remarquable. » Lire Prix Gutenberg 1987
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384 pages, Pocket Book
First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Didier van Cauwelaert
112 books105 followersDidier van Cauwelaert est un romancier et dramaturge français, né d'une famille d'origine belge.
Didier van Cauwelaert is a French novelist and playwright with Belgian roots.
Well-known French writer Didier van CAUWELAERT has some very big literary successes in his portfolio.
From the age of 8 he dreamed of taking up a pen to become independent and feed his family.
After devoting several years to theatre, to playing Sartre and directing Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, and after a brief career as a children's book critic, a chance meeting with a certain Greta GARBO got his foot in the door.
In 1982 he published (at last) his first book “Vingt ans et des poussières” with Editions du Seuil, just after his 22nd birthday. He would reach an ever wider public with every new book.
Awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1994 for “Un aller simple” (One way) this voracious writer let his imagination run rife and arrived at the pinnacle of his career.
An extraordinary author, Didier van CAUWELAERT has sold over 5 million copies and been translated into 30 different languages.
Films have been made of several of his books: “Un aller simple”, “Hors de moi” adapted for film as “Sans identité” and “J’ai perdu Albert” taken from his novel of the same name.
His latest work “La bienveillance est une arme absolue” (goodwill is the ultimate weapon) takes the mind to new horizons.
The ultimate weapon, a weapon to shock, to create joy, goodwill is the only answer to the moral crisis in which society finds itself.
Source : https://wtca-brussels.org/en/classes/...
Didier van Cauwelaert is a French novelist and playwright with Belgian roots.
Well-known French writer Didier van CAUWELAERT has some very big literary successes in his portfolio.
From the age of 8 he dreamed of taking up a pen to become independent and feed his family.
After devoting several years to theatre, to playing Sartre and directing Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, and after a brief career as a children's book critic, a chance meeting with a certain Greta GARBO got his foot in the door.
In 1982 he published (at last) his first book “Vingt ans et des poussières” with Editions du Seuil, just after his 22nd birthday. He would reach an ever wider public with every new book.
Awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1994 for “Un aller simple” (One way) this voracious writer let his imagination run rife and arrived at the pinnacle of his career.
An extraordinary author, Didier van CAUWELAERT has sold over 5 million copies and been translated into 30 different languages.
Films have been made of several of his books: “Un aller simple”, “Hors de moi” adapted for film as “Sans identité” and “J’ai perdu Albert” taken from his novel of the same name.
His latest work “La bienveillance est une arme absolue” (goodwill is the ultimate weapon) takes the mind to new horizons.
The ultimate weapon, a weapon to shock, to create joy, goodwill is the only answer to the moral crisis in which society finds itself.
Source : https://wtca-brussels.org/en/classes/...
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February 3, 2024
Ο Ντιντιέ βαν Κωβελαέρ (ελπίζω να προφέρεται έτσι) είναι βραβευμένος Γάλλος συγγραφέας βελγικής καταγωγής. Με το που διάβασα το βιβλίο του… έρωτας με την πρώτη ματιά! Ταίριαξε ΑΠΟΛΥΤΑ το γράψιμό του στα γούστα μου ως προς όλα· ιδέα, ύφος, δομή, μέγεθος, χαρακτήρες, χιούμορ… τι να λέμε τώρα;
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November 4, 2010
Final décevant, l'histoire perd de sa force et le message n'est pas clair. Histoire d'un échange entre un boucher et un avocat sans scrupules et comment il doivent faire face à la vie d'un autre.
August 7, 2012
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