Paris, February 1992. Pierre Descarrières, 11, is unfortunate stuck between a dull life and parents who are torn every day. Alone in his room, he dreams of a brother or sister dune that would break his solitude. Paris, February 1942. Klezmer Hannah, 11, suffocating in confined space of his apartment, making the gap because Jewish. Their roads nauraient never have to cross. Yet it happened. For them there is a stronger bond that time and the madness of men. This is the story of two young children 11 years nothing in common, the social environment, the time, but they have one thing in common, their room! Except that Peter saw Hannah in 1992 and in 1942. Pierre is lost in dune family that is torn, his call ugly launched, it was surprised to see appear Hannah. Throughout the pages, sincere friendship is born, such a friendship, that Peter and his friend Maxime brave the time, critics, lincompréhension of their number to help Hannah. Worse, Peter and Hannah are one to another does to stay alive! "We felt a part of what Hannah devoured from the inside. Some only a tiny part of his suffering [...] For Hannah the same nightmares were repeated day after day. To infinity The novel evokes very touching topics: rejection, heartbreak parents, lincompréhension of this war, envy den Finally, friendship, depression, self-seeking and its origins.
"The eyes of others is worse than hunger. It rips the guts, pluck tears of blood. It pushes you to curse the BE born different fate. We eventually want to become invisible. In the depths of themselves, most humans maintain the phobia of what is not them. "
At the heart of the horror, Stéphane Bellat manages to move us, the story is told by Peter, with childish words, but very sensible.
"- You think it will start one day all this? - In France, I hope not. I do not think so. Elsewhere in the world, it is unfortunately possible. Please be careful, Pierre, never say it's over for good. It's never over for good. The First World War was to be the last. Twenty years later, all over again. " On a fantastic background and daffabilité, Bellat our imagination as to believe in the possibility of change the past for the sake dautrui! "A do we ever seen someone cry at the loss of a number? It is replaced. And nobody sees sen. At Auschwitz, the future is limited by the hour that follows. If it is still alive, it's a victory. An hour later, we are already in the future. " Lappendice: It is the little gift from the author, a must read, it traces the historic point of anti-Jewish laws in France Act on the general status of the Jews (OJ of 10.18.1940)