Assisted suicide in late life and what (ux) it implies

For three weeks, a man, married and a father knows the day and hour of the death of his parents. "It will be April 28 to 14 hours." The purpose of goes against the gospel of St Matthew verse (25: 1) that gives the book its title. The day before that fateful day, he settled in his old child's room, and writes what he feels to approach it announced suicide.
General reflection and particularly relevant in assisted suicide in later life (theme more than ever and in legislation and in literature, I read in December, without comment but I loved the novel Martin Winckler, Remembering Andre (in POL) that addresses - differently and more romantic way the same topic, also released in January I believe the story of Emmanuelle Bernheim, Everything went well (Gallimard)) This novel by the Swiss writer Pierre Beguin hit by the accuracy of his statements, and shows how it is not simple, even when one already has strong views on the matter. If he sees his father convinced, doubt and he feels the fragility of her mother. Does it not accept this act only as a last proof of love to her husband?
The narrator also reflects on his childhood, with a sociological light that now brings her maturity, the personality of his parents and how he forged his own, to the story of the unfolding of the act (the process passes by an association, the presence of two doctors, absorbing a lethal potion), but the story does not end at this time comes, it goes much further, and wins again - if proof were needed - in strength and relevance.
Such an analysis, which I find much closer to the test and very introspective story than the novel (?), Can not be ignored. I noticed many passages that had upset or confirm my own reflection, but I eventually stopped taking notes as each sentence could be retained.

End of the book, you will find information on the current state of the law in France and Switzerland.
A novel (since this is as noted on the title page) which questions, invites reflection, is particularly bright, seduces without ever falling into dubious emotion, and which confirms that a classic, rigorous writing , simple and worked at a time, adds to the value of the text.