About the book: 1972 / Stories of French writers of the 1960s. The story “Things” by Georges Perec tells about the people and society of the sixties, about the French of the middle of our century, even when they touch upon the eternal problems of existence. The realist artist Perec talks about the incompatibility of a proprietary society, or more precisely, its modern modification - consumer society - and true humanity, which is affected and deformed in its deepest, most intimate manifestations. Jean-Louis Curtis is one of the most widely read popular writers in France. He is often called a “witness novelist” because each of his works gives an accurate idea of ​​the time, the social environment, and the problems that concern his contemporaries. In the story “The Newlyweds” Curtis shows how the cult of things, money and the desire for life for show destroy the family of the middle classes of French society. About people and society of the middle of our century, it concerns the eternal problems of existence, the incompatibility of a proprietary society, more precisely, its modern modification - consumer society - and true humanity, affected and deformed in its deepest, most intimate manifestations, is narrated by Francois Nurisier in the story “The Master of the House”».