by Didier van Cauwelaert · Albin Michel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226088796
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«La Vie Interdite» is the novel by Didier van Cauwelaert, published by Albin Michel in paperback (384 pages, in French).
Jacques Lormeau, a hardware store owner from Aix-les-Bains, dies and remains an invisible spectator of his family's grief. He attends his own funeral and lucidly reviews his desires, silences, and missed opportunities. He seeks to communicate with the woman he loved and with his son, wondering if he still has something left to fulfill beyond death.
The first edition of the novel appeared on 2 January 1997. The cover includes the subtitle «roman».
Aimed at readers of French literary fiction interested in stories about death, grief, and un-lived opportunities.
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.
