Love is amazing in all its manifestations - for children and parents, spouses and friends, for secret and unattainable hobbies. Simon Van Boy's book The Secret Life of Lovers explores this multifaceted feeling very subtly and sometimes in unexpected ways. The collection includes the author's best stories, for which he was awarded the prestigious Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. "Little Birds", "The World Laughs with Flowers", "Portrait of an Artist Who Died in an Earthquake" and other stories - this is a real manifesto of love and a tribute to people who, despite life's upheavals, have maintained peace in their souls and are able to find poetry and beauty even in everyday life.