When Guibert casually allows this or that word, as sour as candy, to seep into the text, it is for you, reader, to enjoy. When he decides to “bleach his skin,” he does it not only for the character he is in love with, but also to touch you, the reader. That is why the possible insincerity of the author in no way harms his autobiography.Liberation

“Lonely Adventures” tells about meetings and travels, about desire and disgust, about the nightmares of amorous abstinence, which sometimes excites more than the quenching of passion.Le Nouvel Observateur

Guibert's stories combine memories with fiction. His adventures combine the desire for love with the desire to write books.Le Monde