Natalie, Félix Vandenesse’s current love, wants to know about his past, and why he tends to brood even in the happiest of times.Lily of the Valleyis his first-person response, a short account of his childhood followed by a much longer narration of his friendship, and near-obsession, with a married woman.
Although born into a well-to-do family, Félix’s story of his school years is one of neglect, of parents who send him...
