“Somewhere out in the woeful constellation of literary comparison, a lonely satellite drifts between remote stars—Ulysses and Mrs. Dalloway, The Stranger and When Harry Met Sally . . . This perfect little book [says]: We are human, heartbroken, grim, and funny in our despair, yet hopeful and miracle-prone, and some of us are French.” —John Hodgman
A “frank and wry, mad and graceful” true story about getting dumped, and getting over it. (Slate, Best Books of the Year)
Grégoire Bouillier
Translated from the French by Ben Truman
“Somewhere out in the woeful constellation of literary comparison, a lonely satellite drifts between remote stars—Ulysses and Mrs. Dalloway, The Stranger and When Harry Met Sally . . . This perfect little book [says]: We are human, heartbroken, grim, and funny in our despair, yet hopeful and miracle-prone, and some of us are French.” —John Hodgman
A “frank and wry, mad and graceful” true story about getting dumped, and getting over it. (Slate, Best Books of the Year)