Alfred Sisley, a hardened old man, lives surrounded by his memories. He waits in silence for a sign from his one true, enduring love.
A meeting with Joey shatters this fragile balance. In him, Sisley recognizes the reflection of his own thirty years: an intimate resonance, an unexpected synergy.
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Encounters by Moonlight came into being in 2007, after nine months of writing, during a period that followed a long professional pause devoted to rest and reflection.
This suspended time allowed the author to return to what is essential, giving rise to an inward, patient form of writing—attentive to silence and deeply human.
The work is published under the pen name Simon Lero, chosen in tribute to a French ancestor who settled in America, anchoring this narrative in a memory both personal and inherited.
"A novel of great delicacy, carried by sincere emotion and deeply human writing. A reading that stays in your memory for a long time, like the resonance of Beethoven's notes."
"A rare, intimate, and overwhelming literary encounter. The characters are real and touching, and the silence speaks as much as the words."
"A sensitive and courageous story that tackles love, loneliness, and time with disarming accuracy."