Dialogues intimes

by Hélène Rioux

Ils sont deux: elle et lui. Ils vivent ensemble. Elle voudrait avoir un chat, il préfère des possoins exotiques. Elle a envie de manger au restaurant. Lui, pas vraiment. Faire un bébé serait une bonne idée. Encore faut-il savoir quand. En quelques traits de plume, Hélène Rioux trace le portrait de ce couple exemplaire...

79 pages, Paperback

First published September 16, 2002

Reviews

[Nobody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un breve libro que como bien nos adelanta su título, encuadra una serie de diálogos entre una pareja, estos diálogos inteligentes y genuinos nos transporta al mundo ordinario y hogareño, ingenioso, contradictorio y a veces patético que surge cuando dos personas deciden llevar una vida en conjunto para enfrentar el mundo y luchar contra la monotonía que amenaza con hundirlos hasta el fin de sus días.

[Lys · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a beautiful book, picked up on a whim while shelving at the library.
A collection of ten short scenarios that span years in the lives of a middle class couple, dealing with issues of mundane and intense importance. Two focus on choosing a vacation hotspot, one on the decision to have children, another on what color to paint the bathroom and still others on sexual positions and disagreements over possible pets.
The books is simple and yet so rich. The reader is privy to the little things that niggle and slowly wear down a relationship. The vignettes ring surprisingly true, and the book, while at times humorous, also produces a slight ache in the reader - this is what the death of love feels like. This is how passion expires. This is the part of ever after that rots in little disagreements, storms into the other room, slams doors, seethes and sulks.

Definitely worth reading.