Je l’aimais
Paris, Le Dilettante, (January 23) 2002.
1 vol. (120 x 185 mm) of 216 p. and [4] f. In wrappers, illustrated cover, uncut.
First edition.
One of 33 deluxe copies on vélin Marais (no. 19).
Signed presentation inscription: “à Paris le 2 Mai 2002, à Arlette et Maurice Alteirac, petite dédicace à l'encre rose sur grand papier... Je vous embrasse Anna Gavalda.”
One of 33 deluxe copies on vélin Marais (no. 19).
Signed presentation inscription: “à Paris le 2 Mai 2002, à Arlette et Maurice Alteirac, petite dédicace à l'encre rose sur grand papier... Je vous embrasse Anna Gavalda.”
“We compromise, we manage, we carry our little cowardice around like a pet. We stroke it, we train it, we grow attached to it. That’s life. There are the courageous, and then there are those who make do. Making do is so much less tiring…” Je l’aimais, later adapted for both stage and screen, finds precise words for love, marriage and separation, unfolding as a dialogue between a woman freshly abandoned by her husband and her father-in-law.
A fine copy.
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