The new novel by the author of the world bestsellers “Just Together” and “I Would Like...” “I Loved Her / I Loved Him” is a piercingly sad and beautiful book about love, revealing the sharpest and hidden facets of this beautiful and mysterious feeling. A novel about marital fidelity. About a difficult choice that turns out to be fateful. About those who leave and those who stay. A book that, in the author’s “signature” style, combines external simplicity with internal depth, subtle psychologism with impeccable accuracy of every word. Anna Gavalda, who rightfully gained fame as the “gentle Houellebecq” and a new star of French literature, claims that she did not intend to become a writer, however I wrote from the age of 17, participated in various literary competitions and won from time to time. The name of Anna Gavalda appeared in 1999, when, after the refusal of several publishers, Le Dilettante published her collection of short stories “I would like someone to wait for me somewhere...” The book was a stunning success, had huge circulations and was awarded the Grand Prix in 2000. -at RTL. But this was all just a prelude to the real success that the novels “35 kilos of hope”, “I loved her / I loved him” and “Simply Together” brought to Anna Gavalda, which eclipsed even “The Da Vinci Code” in France. Today Anna Gavalda is among the most widely read authors in the world, her works have been translated into dozens of languages and enjoy the constant love of readers. “My life, my work, my pleasure is to witness and observe people,” admits Anna Gavalda. “This is the main beauty of what I do.”