The works of the modern French writer François Nurisier (born in 1927), presented in the collection, are devoted to relationships between people. The novel “Feast of the Fathers” is written in the form of a passionate monologue of the writer N., who, over the years of a purely formal relationship with his son, lost him love and trust. At the center of the narrative of the novel “The Squadron Bar,” published for the first time in Russian, is the life of the writer Jos Fornero. Will he be able to maintain decency in a society where the concepts of prestige and power prevail?