Concert in Memory of an Angel

A collection of novellas by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, «The Concert “In Memory of an Angel”», awarded the Prix Goncourt in 2010, once again showcases the author’s signature style: delicate elegance, brilliance, and the unpredictability of the storytelling.

What could possibly link an elderly woman who poisoned her three husbands, and a President of France who, memoryless, is passionately in love with his own wife? A strong, sturdy sailor tormented by the fact that he was too little there for his daughters— and a unscrupulous entrepreneur who made his first billion by trading images of Catholic saints and pornography paraphernalia? And what role does Saint Rita play in all of this—the advocate for those who found themselves in trouble and lost hope?