Збірка незвичних оповідань. Небанальні теми небанально розкриті: трансплантація органів, генетичні хвороби, різні варіації сімейного життя. Гуманістична проза. Найкраща метафора від самого автора: «Збірка новел — це мов кілька звірів, упольованих в одному лісі.»

Шмітт мій улюблений оповідач. Наскільки багато роздумів про життя і символізму.
Оповідання його це щось неземне
А обкладинка класна, хай би як

c'est ma maman qui m'a recommandée ce livre car elle l'a trouvée très emotional. alors j'ai lu toutes les histoires et moi aussi ca ma fais pleurée. j'ai adorée.

4.5/5
5 beautifully written short stories. Each thought provoking in their own way.

I came across this by chance when it was displayed in a local book shop. And I'm so glad I did! I think I have found a new favourite author. These are not romantic 'love' stories, as in Hollywood fairytales. They are love stories from reality which show the unexpected angles love can emerge from and morph into due to time and circumstance. It all runs pretty deep! But I love that about this collection.

These stories are about grief when you lose someone you love, responsibility in love, responsibility despite love, love between strangers who have never even met, love between humans and animals, making the wrong decisions in life and love but finding out years later. Authors like this - who have such an understanding of the human condition always stun me.

I hear Schmitt is a popular author on the Continent, but no other British friend had ever heard of him. Perhaps because he tends to write short stories rather than novel length? I don't know. As an Elena Ferrante fan, I'm surprised his work isn't similarly well known. I'm really glad to have discovered him.

或許是翻譯的問題，太多的地方流於口語，顯得庸常，尤其是第一篇《布魯塞爾的兩位先生》。但故事又是特別和動人的，最喜歡的是《幽靈孩子》。

Trovo che il titolo italiano di questa antologia presenti correttamente il contenuto del libro. Sono storie di amori inusuali, spesso nascosti. La prima, I due signori di Bruxelles, è la più emblemeatica: una coppia gay si "sposa" nascostamente in chiesa, approfittando di un matrimonio a caso, e la loro relazione procede parallelamente a quella della coppia etero a cui si sono appoggiati.
Nonostante il solito tono allegro i temi affrontati non sono superficiali: dalle nozze gay si passa alla donazione degli organi, all'olocausto. Nel diario finale Schmitt spiega fonti e ispirazione, e anche qui le considerazioni non sono banali.
Ancora una volta si tratta di una bella analisi dell'animo umano travestita da intrattenimento