Jean-Yves Berthault is a French diplomat, fluent English speaker, and has worked professionally around the world. In 2012, when helping a close friend clear out her cellar in Paris, he stumbled upon an old attaché case buried deep beneath a high pile of discarded newspapers. Opening it, he discovered it was crammed full of letters dating from 1928, written by a woman who we shall call Simone. This was the start of a two-year project in which he collated the letters into chronological order and added historical and cultural footnotes. The letters are now a testament to a unique love affair and to a moment in history.
Un trésor épistolaire écrit dans une langue recherchée, souvent crue et d'une grande modernité. L'audace des mots, la transgression, s'imposent en même temps que celles des gestes, et si Mademoiselle S." Ces lettres décoiffent... Simone torpille la bienséance de son milieu... ce...
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