"Every note of the characters' correspondence rings true."--Le Nouvel Observateur

"A page-turning novel with a skilfully woven plot."--Page des Libraires

"Rich in deftly turned prose and subtle character study."--Sud-Ouest

"A wonderful book about the archaeology of memory."--Le Magazine Litteraire

"Elegant, restrained, and poetic."--France Inter

The three figures in the photograph are frozen forever, two men and a woman bathed in sunlight . . .

The chance discovery of a newspaper image from 1971 sets two people...