Belgian writer Bernard Quirini literally blew up the literary world in 2008. For his second collection of short stories, Bloodthirsty Tales, he was awarded Belgium's highest literary award, the Victor Rossel Prize, and the French Prize of Style. Chirini is called the heir of Marcel Aimé: his stories are distinguished by the same wild imagination and ingenuity of plots. In the world of Kirini, as in the world of Eme, miracles burst into everyday life: mirrors during the love affairs of a certain womanizer begin to reflect his pleasures with other mistresses, the priest has the ability to be in several places at the same time, and a modest employee hears conversations about himself at any distance …