Started before but published after the ultra-narcissistic Roman Russian, lives with Other than his, Emmanuel Carrère is the painful existences scribe stricken mourning a child, a young mother, the fatal disease, disability and spiraling debt reduction (not all at once, eh? sometimes cumulatively, sometimes alternately, sometimes as direct victims or collateral, sometimes as a combat unit). Without pathos nor misery, sober and precise writing done here Carrère fly: it does not tickle the lacrimal glands but goes directly to the stomach. It just pat gently and therefore rises to the throat tightens force to seek oxygen. The author had left entangled ad nauseam in his inner hell, here we find the in search of serenity by opening - therefore - to other existences (even if it can not help about him by talking about others, we never change). One work with real pieces of authentic emotions, altruistic that avoids the pitfall of happiness treated in 10 lessons and reminds us that life has meaning we want to give it. A must read again after your chocolates stock.
