Une affaire conjugale

"To do things properly, one should begin by divorcing."

After eight years of marriage and the birth of twins, the great love between Agathe and Jérôme has worn thin. Absorbed in raising the children who consume her, Agathe watches passively as her marriage drifts apart. But when she discovers Jérôme is unfaithful, betrayed and wounded, she resolves to file for divorce.

What follows is a merciless war between the spouses — a battle without mercy where every low blow, delirious accusation, and manipulation is permitted, so long as it secures one's triumph over the other.

With sociological precision and sharp wit, Éliette Abécassis dissects the unraveling of a contemporary marriage under the pressure of law, ego, and societal expectations — a raw and devastating portrait of modern love's fragility.