I love these little librio books - about a 100 pages, 2 euros, they're the literary equivalent of a chocolate bar. It's especially pleasant when everything you've had for a while were massive three-course meals and you don't want something so filling.
This particular librio consists in 2 short stories by nigerian-american author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, translated into French by Mona de Pracontal. The stories deal with similar themes (expatriation, homosexuality, and socio-economic/class differences, especially in their psychological manifestations as envy, admiration, and contempt). The second story also tackles religion. The dialogue just works; and the prose flows clearly and quietly... perhaps a bit too quietly: I'm missing a bit of suspense, violence, tension! These novels would be almost perfect if they had more plot energy, but lacking that they feel bland, in spite of their thematic richness.
Still, I'll consider reading other books by this author when comes the time of picking the next literary meal.