Return to the sweetness of lives lived through this series of epistolary short fictions by one of Souwesto's most gifted and important writers and storytellers. Nine Lives: A Reunion in Paris affords us a fictional look into how lives connect, how origins happen, and the role of fatherhood in light of the various ways that relationships unfold. Gervais, the great lyricist and storyteller unfurls a series of tales that pour forth over borders, uniting people in its pooling richness, akin to a fine French wine overflowing from its glass.