The short stories in this collection all comprise unvarnished language, a smooth unemphatic narrative, a striking choice of words, and depictions that assume a distinctive intensity.
Alice’s short stories form two collections, Sans alcool (1961) and De mémoire d'oubli (1973).
The collection of nineteen short stories, De Mémoire et d’Oubli (Of memory and oblivion), was published in 1973, when Alice Rivaz was in the prime of her art.