La Place Quotes La famille

My mother said they were very happy for

“Ma mère m’a repondu qu’ils étaient très contents pour moi”

My dad died two months later

“Mon père est mort deux mois après”

The death of the father was without crying or tears

“sans cris, ni sanglots”

In a few hours my father’s body became unrecognisable

“En quelques heures, la figure de mon père est devenue meconnaisable”

My dad was at the refineries when she died

“Mon père était aux raffineries quand elle est morte”

We heard him crying from the top of the road

“On l’a entendu hurler depuis la haute de la rue”

This distance came between him and me during adolescence

“Cette distance venue à l’adolescence entre lui et moi”

She started writing a book and he was the main character

“Il était le personnage principal”

She writes because they have nothing to say

“J’écris peut-être parce qu’on n’avait plus rien à se dire”