Fernande Olivier's ability to compile and embody in her writings the life she shared with Pablo Picasso brings us closer to the moment in which Picasso began to stand out in the avant-garde artistic movements, but it also shows us the poor, shy and enamored young man. In Picasso and his friends, Olivier recounts in a direct and sincere way the years of living together with the artist in the Bateau-Lavoir.