Invisible Love

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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories including bestselling The Most Beautiful Book in the World (Europa, 2009, available from Turnaround). The question at the centre of all of these works is the same: What is happiness and how do we attain it In this collection, two lovers secretly adore the child they can never have; a concentration camp survivor finds inner peace thanks to the love of a faithful dog; a man learns to love his wife by listening to the memories of her first husband; and a mother rediscovers love for her child .

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"There is a surprising sweetness to Schmitt's stories of redemption and reconciliation. They carry a slight pleasant aftertaste, a lingering hint of delight."--The Boston Globe

"Schmitt's stories capture a quirky, clever, feminist, very French sensibility."--Publishers Weekly

"Moral fables, gilded mini-legends: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's stories are fiendishly efficient. Schmitt is a prodigious story-teller with a style both elegant and assured."--Les Echos

There is a surprising sweetness to Schmitt s stories of redemption and reconciliation. They carry a slight pleasant aftertaste, a lingering hint of delight. The Boston Globe
Schmitt s stories capture a quirky, clever, feminist, very French sensibility." Publishers Weekly
Moral fables, gilded mini-legends: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt s stories are fiendishly efficient. Schmitt is a prodigious story-teller with a style both elegant and assured. Les Echos"

Author Bio

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of Europes most popular and acclaimed authors and playwrights. His many novels and story collections includeThe Most Beautiful Book in the World(Europa, 2009),Oscar & the Lady in Pink, andMonsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran. A keen music lover, Schmitt has also translated into FrenchThe Marriage of FigaroandDon Giovannifrom the original Italian. In 2001, he was awarded the French Academys Grand Prix du Thatre. Schmitt divides his time between Paris, France, and Belgium. Award-winning translator Howard Curtis has worked on more than sixty books from French, Italian and Spanish. Among his recent translations for Europa are works by Jean-Claude Izzo and Santiago Gamboa.