My Golden Days

Paul Dédalus is going to leave Tajiikistan. He remembers... His childhood in Roubaix... His mother's insane outbursts... The bond between himself and his younger brother, Ivan, a pious and violent child... He remembers when he was nineteen, his sister Delphine, his cousin Bob, the wild nights with Pénélope, Mehdi, and Kovalki... His studies in Paris, his encounter with Dr. Béhanzin, his blossoming vocation for anthropology... And above all, Paul remembers Esther. She was the center of his life.