Et puis, quand le jour s'est levé, je me suis endormie
Publication date :
January 1998
ISBN10 : 2841720756
ISBN13 : 9782841720750
Number of pages : 192
And when the sun came up, I fell asleep
Why did I leave the path of life already mapped out for me: kindergarten, school, university, psychology studies, marriage to a young lawyer, heir to a savoury biscuit factory, three children, a second home at Saint-Cyr-Les-Lecques, Tupperware parties...?
Why?
Yes, why?
How did I come to be standing under arc lights in a negligée?
This wasn't exactly the life I had imagined!
When Ray said that I was born to go on the stage. That I had to go to Paris. That I would be a triumph.
Dream on!
The houses at Santa Monica, private jets, tours with the Bolshoi, grand receptions at the Canadian Embassy? I never even got the slightest whiff of them.
Instead of that, my mouth was done in and my hands smelt of fish.
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What the press says about ET PUIS, QUQND LE JOUR S'EST LEVE, JE ME SUIS ENDORMIE
Posté le 04 February 2008 -
“At one minute comical, crazy, funny and occasionally uncouth, the next disorganized and caustic, this book takes us on a journey which is wild, unexpected and picaresque. The controlled way in which it is written, varied but as precise as a theatrical dialogue, doubles the pleasure of a narrative which is perhaps imaginary, perhaps not, but in any case is evocative and poetic.”
Centre Presse, 9th July 1998.
