It's Raining

Georges Simenon’s books are known all over the world. By the number of translations, he shares the top spots with Hugo and Jules Verne. A master of detective plots, an incredibly prolific writer (more than 400 works published!), creator of one of the most charming detectives of the 20th century—Commissioner Maigret.

In the book “Rain Has Started,” the narrator carries and preserves impressions from early childhood and memories of distant events, the people around him, and the city’s life after many years. The reader is invited to immerse in the dark atmosphere of life of “little people,” residents of working-class districts.