MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME

The remarkable short stories presented in this book subtly sketch some of the surprising events that punctuated the author's long life. Macho Manuel is obsessed with unfulfilled desires. His wife reacts in an unorthodox way. Daniel Covillon, a professional gambler, steals from underground miners, but... Love saves him. Shy Pierre suffers martyrdom, because at 43, he's still a prisoner of involuntary chastity. He decides to take the bull by the horns... Life is a dramatic comedy in which human beings struggle valiantly. In each of these stories, authentic though fictionalized, names, places and dates have been changed to protect everyone's privacy and intimacy. Let's take a seat by the fire and dive into the spicy situations and in the nostalgic world of memories, experienced by the author or his friends, from childhood to middle age. Let us forget the current problems, pollution, global warming, inflation, extinction of our western Civilization, Globalism and violence, to immerse ourselves in the life of sweet Christine, from the intransigent Danielle to the tragic destiny of poor Jonas. Let's gladden our hearts and minds by reading these short stories of cold, elegant cynicism.