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The Suspended Cafe, by Amanda Sthers: Suspended Lives

2022-05-18T14:26:45.784Z


REVIEW - Seven stories of men and women dented by existence. A charming collection.


The narrator's name is Jacques Madelin, 72, caricaturist.

He is French but a story led him to the Bay of Naples a long time ago.

"I lost the love but I stayed in the city."

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He lives in an apartment above a bar named Nube.

You can leave a "suspended coffee" there, that is to say that by ordering a cup, you can pay for a second which will be indicated on the slate and offered to whoever enters without having the means to pay.

Share a world

In this gesture, it is not only a question of charity - which is already a lot.

It goes beyond.

Jacques Madelin, whose life we ​​feel has taken on the task of teaching him the human soul, knows this well.

He says: “

Today, I am convinced that doing good is above all accepting floating emotions without letting their dirty waves articulate us like puppets of flesh.

Now that I'm getting older, I feel like a hanging coffee mug is sometimes worth more than a piece of art.

On the side of the one who leaves...

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Source: lefigaro

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