A creature released from a bottle of watercolor paint, a collector of kaleidoscopes, marbles and glass spheres, and a mime performing in Montmartre set off on a journey in pursuit of an impossible dream - to tame time. The pieces of glass in the kaleidoscope change, the mime masks change... This picturesque book was born from a watercolor by Jean Michel Folon, which gave it its name. Philippe Delerme is one of the most widely read writers in modern France. The Text publishing house published his book “The First Sip of Beer and Other Small Joys of Life.” Roundness has always been my element, because childhood is round. I made the hero of my novel a little man from a bubble from a painting by Folon - a creature who knows neither birth nor death and perceives everything as a child... Philippe DelermeFor the FIRST TIME, a new, latest novel by the French writer Philippe Delerme, whose collection of stories “The First Sip of Beer” is being published and other small joys of life" was a huge success both in France and in our country. This time, the reader will not only enjoy the “small joys” of life, suspended moments of happiness, but will also follow the adventures of three amazing characters who were forced to set off on a journey by an impossible dream - to tame time.