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La première gorgée de bière

Philippe Delerm

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A selection of texts from We Could Almost Eat Outside: An appreciation of life's small pleasures and The Small Pleasures of Life.

These descriptions of "plaisirs minuscules" are designed for busy people who like happiness - however tiny it may be!

Philippe Delerm is a French writer, whose collection of short stories La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules has sold more than one million copies in France.

Une trentaine de textes brefs qui déclinent ces petits riens de la vie quotidienne, véritables moments de bonheur indicibles. De la cueillette des mûres, au plaisir sans complexe de savourer un banana-split, en passant par la magie colorée des kaléidoscopes ou l'épluchage subtil des petits pois.
Ces textes mis en bouche par Jean-Pierre Cassel évoquent irrésistiblement les plaisirs minuscules que chacun connaît : le dîner au jardin, à la fraîche, l'odeur beurrée des croissants chauds, les loukoums fondants de chez l'épicier arabe... Plaisirs simples et essentiels que l'on savoure, comme les mots de Jean-Pierre Cassel, narrateur exquis.

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