The novel presents an insight into the breakdown of marriage and its consequences.

The story is a thinly disguised account of Carla Bruni's affair with Justine's then-husband Raphaël Enthoven, a philosophy professor, and son of publisher Jean-Paul Enthoven.

[1] The book was originally written in French, and was published in English in October 2005 by Melville House.

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