In an interview conducted by Tirthankar Chanda[1] with Le Clézio, Chanda asks whether since Cœur brûlé et autres romances is partly set in Mexico, could it be said that the two sisters are victims of a nomadic life?Le Clézio answered that these two sisters "are victims of having belonged to two different cultures at the same time.

to which Le Clézio replied "This was a slightly ironic word to describe some tragic situations.

"Le Clézio continued by saying that "in romantic fiction, feeling takes precedence over sociological truth.

I think that the role of fiction is to highlight this constant slippage between emotion and the social, real, world.

[2] The book consists of seven dark short stories According to Allen Thiher in his review of Coeur brule et autres romances this collection is a mixed affair .The review can be read online :[4]