Book by E.-E. Schmitt, one of the most brilliant modern European writers, is, according to the unanimous opinion of critics, a small masterpiece. The hero, a ten-year-old boy with leukemia, writes to the Lord God, telling with charming humor and spontaneity about the funny and sad incidents of hospital life. Behind this simple story lies a high philosophy of existence, death, suffering, to which it is impossible to remain indifferent.