Laurent Gounel is one of the five most popular fiction writers in France. His new book is called "The Day I Learned to Live." Imagine that one fine day a gypsy, looking at your palm, falls silent in fear. And only after persistent requests do you get an answer from her. It sounds quite scary: “You will die soon.” For Jonathan, the hero of Gunel's novel, the world changes completely. And although the doctors do not find any illnesses in him, he decides to spend several weeks among the mountains and hills on the ocean shore. For the first time, he is in no hurry. In search of answers to eternal questions about the meaning of life, Jonathan becomes reacquainted with himself. Meetings, travels, adventures and self-knowledge radically change both his vision of life and life itself... This book sheds new light on our existence and relationships with other people, it seems as if someone opened a window and a fresh wind burst into the musty atmosphere. For the first time in Russian!