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Cheyenne
On peut tomber amoureux à onze ans, et pour la vie. C'est ce qui est arrivé au héros de ce livre. Dix ans plus tard il a retrouvé Cheyenne, le temps d'une nuit trop brève à l'issue de laquelle elle a disparu. Le jour où il reçoit une carte postale d'Anvers, revêtue de son seul nom, il part pour la Belgique, ne doutant pas qu'elle l'appelle...
201 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Didier van Cauwelaert
115 books110 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.
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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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July 11, 2017
Ce livre se déguste comme un bonbon que l'on savoure et qui se mêle lentement à la salive et dont la subtile douceur se coule peu à peu pour tapisser la gorge et laisser un duvet chaud et moelleux.
Je m'explique. le style de l'auteur est à proprement parler délicieux. Truffé de bons mots, de jolies tournures et de traits d'humour, le personnage principal que l'on suit de l'enfance à l'âge adulte dans sa carrière d'écrivain au long cours. Et sa égérie, Cheyenne, cette femme mystérieuse, fascinante, exubérante et acidulée qui rend ce récit de vie, rêvée plus ou moins, complètement addictif.
Une belle histoire d'amour qui traverse le temps et l'espace comme on aimerait en vivre et comme Van Cauwelaert sait si bien les raconter.
Je m'explique. le style de l'auteur est à proprement parler délicieux. Truffé de bons mots, de jolies tournures et de traits d'humour, le personnage principal que l'on suit de l'enfance à l'âge adulte dans sa carrière d'écrivain au long cours. Et sa égérie, Cheyenne, cette femme mystérieuse, fascinante, exubérante et acidulée qui rend ce récit de vie, rêvée plus ou moins, complètement addictif.
Une belle histoire d'amour qui traverse le temps et l'espace comme on aimerait en vivre et comme Van Cauwelaert sait si bien les raconter.
April 29, 2025
3.75 ⭐️ Had read this already but really enjoyed reading this again
October 19, 2017
Laborieux
June 1, 2024
lecture gênante
sauf après le suicide d'un personnage
sauf après le suicide d'un personnage
October 6, 2024
Ce livre est une magnifique déclaration d'amour. Les mots sont superbes comme Didier van Cauwelaert a l'art de les exprimer.
July 27, 2011
I usually love this author, but this book was quite boring I thought.
You don't really want to love the characters, and Cheyenne is a bit "plain"
Wouldn't really recommend it ...
You don't really want to love the characters, and Cheyenne is a bit "plain"
Wouldn't really recommend it ...
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