Ever since he was little, Christophe Boubal, a French novelist, has been interested in writing and Japan.
His grandfather owned the famous Cafe de Flore in Paris where renowned intellectuals including Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir met and talked.
"I was able to spend my childhood in the center of a bright literary scene," Boubal told The Japan Times through an interpreter during a recent visit to Japan.
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