Trapped in a fallout shelter in a post-apocalyptic France, a family of four receives letters from the dead zone above, read through their air vent by someone in a hazmat suit who has bicycled to their location for that express purpose.  

Originally published in 1981, when fears of nuclear apocalypse still weighed heavy (yes, the danger is as great as ever, but it seems we all have other things on our minds...), Letters to Survivors employs a post-apocalyptic setting to, on the one hand, challenge bourgeois complacency, and on the other, provide a meditation on living amidst the presence of memories of what was being (and now has been?) lost, as the self-determination of individuals and families is usurped by powers hidden in plain sight.

Un requiem métaphorique pour le mode de vie français.