by Didier Van Cauwelaert · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253150558
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«La Demi-pensionnaire» is the novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (218 pages, in French).
Thomas, an employee of SACEM, falls in love with Hélène during a lunch and discovers that she uses a wheelchair. A champion of aerial acrobatics, Hélène pulls him out of his routine and drags him into a crazy project. The relationship shows him what true freedom is and makes him realize that perhaps it was he who was living with limits.
Didier Van Cauwelaert won the Prix Goncourt in 1994 for «Un aller simple». «La Demi-pensionnaire», originally published in 1999, belongs to the Le Livre de Poche collection (no. 15055).
For readers of contemporary French fiction looking for a love story with humor and characters who defy expectations.
Didier Van Cauwelaert is a French author and director of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt.
