The B rynxes are a middle-class family. Charlam, the grandfather,
who wants to take control after the death of his son, Georges, in a
road accident; Sabine, his daughter-in-law, who mutely but
successfully wards off his encroachment. The three sons, who seem
relatively unaffected by the loss of their father and who make
their own way in life, sometimes to Charlam's approval, sometimes
to his disapproval. Marie, the daughter, whose leg was damaged in
the accident rebels against his authority. dith, the aunt, whose
undiscovered secret is her passion for her nephew, Georges; and
Pierre, whom Sabine chances to encounter; Mr Loyalty, the man she
can rely on in her business and who becomes a kind of honorary
uncle to the children, much to the disgust of Charlam complete the
family group..But that is merely the surface. What gives this novel
its special flavour are the things unseen, the magma of hopes,
desires, fantasies, memories, humiliations, passions and hatreds
bubbling beneath the surface of all their lives, which Sylvie
Germain evokes with the poetic intensity that distinguishes her
novels.
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