The two protagonists are one and a Swede, aged thirty-five years. One is a librarian, City and amateur cultural activities. The other is overwhelmed by the farmer and his farm solitaire maintenance (including 24 milking cows every night!). She lost her husband, her mother and the two tombs are close, causing the meeting.
The novel alternates, chapter after chapter, the view Desiree then that Benny and the reader experiences a lot of fun to discover the perception that everyone has of the events that follow one another.
The relationship is tied but the reality of differences in living conditions of our two thirty episodes raises more or less comical ...
The style of the novel is removed, painting subtle characters, often humorous tone but not only.
Finally, a novel both light and serious, which made for a good time, easy of course, but not without intelligence, quite the contrary.