Five unforgettable stories. "What a delight when a writer hits his
target as deftly and with such beauty as Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt does in
Invisible Love"(New York Journal of Books).
In this latest collection, two young lovers secretly love the child they
will never be able to have; an esteemed physician and survivor of the
Nazi concentration camps finds inner peace thanks to the love of a
faithful dog; a man loves his wife through the memories of her first
husband; and a mother rediscovers love for her child when someone tries
to take that child from her. And finally, Séverine and Benjamin
understand that they have lost the love of their lives when they see
themselves through the eyes of a young terminally ill girl. Love is not
easy, and not always easy to find; at times, it is obliged to circumvent
social norms, and thus transform them; it must be desired, sought,
defended. We cannot know what life has in store for us, but we do know
that whatever it is, it will only be meaningful if borne on the wings of
love. Schmitt's sublime stories remind us how true this is.Praise for
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
"There is a surprising sweetness to Schmitt's stories of redemption and
reconciliation. They carry a slight pleasant aftertaste, a lingering
hint of delight."--The Boston Globe
"Schmitt's stories capture a quirky, clever, feminist, very French
sensibility."--Publishers Weekly
"Moral fables, gilded mini-legends: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's stories are
fiendishly efficient. Schmitt is a prodigious story-teller with a style
both elegant and assured."--Les Echos
