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Are appearances deceptive? When the tragic fate of a family resurfaces out of nowhere ... Because a waiter has mistakenly placed an old document on his desk that was not intended for him, Catherine Schwartzman, professor of history at Columbia, believes find the person in charge of the family tragedy that ruined her life: Louise Cartier, the famous Louise Cartier, recognized and adulated painter. But is Louise Cartier guilty? When he goes to see her in her studio for the purpose of her dissertation, a young art history student will have before him an adorable old lady. How to imagine him guilty of a lamentable act? Louise Cartier anyway, there are many. The truth, only the walls know it: those of the old workshop of Louise, now transformed into a modern hotel, and those of the house opposite being demolished. This story traces the life of a model became a painter, it plunges us into a district of Paris where the dead ends have the same name as the passages, enough to get lost. Above all, it addresses the problem of the tragic legacy: should it be perpetuated by wallowing in misfortune and hatred? Or should we take the side of a light life? What is this link between Louise Cartier and the Schwartzman family? A thrilling thriller on a background of family omerta to discover as soon as possible! EXTRACTI do not know why Louise attacked this family in particular and did not tell the police about Max Aftelman. No doubt a sort of sentimental lottery. Or a bad exchange of glances, one day. What had my grandparents, my mother, or aunt done to her? I'll never know and probably nothing, absolutely nothing. No doubt their only fault was to be Jews and settled in front of her, the days she came to pose for the painter. Louise was eighteen, she was beautiful, rather happy and it is incomprehensible, I admit it to you. But it's his signature at the bottom of the letter, I do not invent anything. A signature can not be read at first glance, but with a little bit of application we recognize the name perfectly. You will see.And you can imagine my surprise, when I saw in this letter the name of my mother, the address (she sometimes spoke to us about this house in town, with its garden, the row of tulips. some information from time to time). You will imagine my surprise also when I recognized the name of Louise Cartier. The great Louise Cartier, the genius. The artist of exhibitions and magazines. ABOUT THE AUTHORDominique Lebel was born in Algiers and has often moved. She lives today in Albi. She had a long career as a teacher of French and communication. She loved her job, which made it to her. Chronology of the walls is his fourth novel. |
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