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C'était mieux avant

C'était mieux avant

Penned By Howard Buten
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C'était mieux avant

C'était mieux avant

Penned By Howard Buten
4.85 60,410 Ratings
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Quand cesse-t-on d’aimer ? Peut-on aider son meilleur ami à mourir ? Comment recoller les morceaux quand la vie est cassée ? Autant de questions douloureuses et inévitables que posent ces onze petites nouvelles empreintes de tendresse et d’humanité. Des histoires suspendues. Des esquisses, qui en disent long sur nous-mêmes. Howard Buten est le célèbre auteur de Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué , également en Points. Psychologue, il est spécialiste des enfants autistes. « Buten réussit, sans avoir l’air de faire de littérature, et sans jamais perdre le sens de l’humour, le livre d’un déraciné de partout, empreint d’une émotion, d’une folie douce, à vous serrer le cœur. » Le Monde Traduit de l’anglais (Etats-Unis) par Jean-Pierre Carasso

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Length 198 Pages
Released 1994
Identifier (ISBN) 1320941
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Howard Buten is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Howard Buten can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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