Simon lives in an affluent intellectual environment, headed by his mother Alice. Raphael, his cousin, belongs to the poor branch of the family, but Simon adores him. So he decides to help him become a writer.
The Rue du Bac is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The street, which is 1,150 m long, begins at the junction of the quais Voltaire and Anatole-France and ends at the Rue de Sèvres.
