Is it Guibert himself who is hiding behind these strange characters who change names and appear in the images of a young virgin, an ardent lover, an earthquake victim or a student accompanying the great philosopher to the grave? You can’t say for sure, since on the pages of the book there are also three female portraits: the concierge Mame Nibart, who is haunted by incredible misfortunes, the sly director of a wax museum, and a young neighbor who gives up playing the piano. In this book, Guibert speaks without hiding, tells everything about himself and others, what everyone thinks and what should not be said, and sometimes this is even more than the pure truth.