La Consolante - French Edition Author:Anna Gavalda Charles Balanda, 47ans, architecte à Paris, apprend incidemment la mort d'une femme qu'il a connue quand il était enfant et qui incarnait pour lui un univers bien différent de sa famille petite-bourgeoise: un univers de folie, de passion, de douleur même, un univers vivant. À l'annonce de cette nouve... more »lle, il bascule dans l'angoisse et le chagrin. Il perd pied. Dans son couple, dans son travail, dans ses certitudes. jusqu'à ce que sa rencontre avec la lumineuse Kate change sa vision du monde.
Charles Balanda, a 47 year old architect living in Paris. He incidentally learns of the passing away of a lady he knew as a child. That woman represented a totally different universe from what he experienced within his family. The universe represented by this lady was passions, pains, sufferings, and being alive.
Hearing this piece of news, the life of Balanda flips to anguish and sadness: he lost it in his family, work, and in his convictions ... Until he meets Kate and his vision of the world is changed again ...« less