Young orphan Fio Regal studies law, enjoys drawing, makes a living by blackmailing at random, based on the instinctive conviction that every rich person has something to hide... makes friends with the extravagant Zora, a former top model who is up in arms against everything and everyone , lives modestly and only dreams of “turning into someone whom the eight-year-old girl she once was would not be able to recognize.” However, fate will give her its stellar verdict. A novel about the values of modern life and the fragility of human feelings, combining the merits of a parable with the excitement of an adventure and the depth of a subtle psychological drama. The books of Martin Page (1975), “the ruler of the souls and minds of today’s young Frenchmen,” are successful far beyond the borders of his homeland: they are translated into two dozen languages, and literally taken away for quotes. The book was previously published under the title “The Dragonfly of Her Eight Years”< /p>

This is less a novel than a parable, smart, subtle, told with a delightful French sense of humor. A parable about a nice girl, unlike others, without certain occupations, who finds herself in an unreal situation... The spirit of Balzac, of course, hovers here, as it hovers over the prose of many French authors. Add a mastery of unexpected plot twists and a brilliant language - and the young Frenchman Martin Page will be among the writers whose books you don’t want to pass by. Komsomolskaya Pravda

Martin Page has this subtle, bright gift that makes us believe in the most incredible fables. This is because he embodies his fantasies surprisingly convincingly, both from a literary and psychological point of view. Télérama

Sparkling with stylistic discoveries, this novel about the destructive bondage of fame, despite the seriousness of the content, is written surprisingly easily and “ delicious.”La Vie