Boris Without Beatrice

Living somewhere in presentday Quebec Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals A freethinker openminded and proud he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes For some time now his wife Béatrice a Canadian government minister has been bedridden suffering from a mysterious depression To escape from his wifes agony Boris begins a relationship with a colleague Helga and gets close to Klara a young woman who works as a maid in Boriss home The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come facetoface with the world with everything he takes for granted with all his certainties