Zusammen ist man weniger allein. (original: 2004; edição: 2006)

... - die Kleine hatte ganz schön zugenommen -, machte die Tür auf, ging über den Platz ins Hotel gegenüber, streckte Vishayan, seinem Kumpel an der Rezeption, den er zwischen zwei Faxen mit Essen versorgte, die Hand hin, dankte ihm und ging lächelnd die Treppe hinauf.

Franck finished serving Mathilde, and sighed ... shit, I really have to do everything around here, I do ... he put the ladle back in the dish, untied his apron, placed it over the back of his chair, took the baby, put it back in it's mother's arms, lifted up the woman he loved, held her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes or a half-carcass of beef, groaned, she's put on weight this little thing ... opended the door, walked across the square, went into the hotel across the street, shook hands with Vishayan, his concierge friend whom he fed between faxes, thanked him and marched on up the stairs with a smile.