Desolation

An old man reflects upon his life, marriage, friendships, love affairs and the separate existence of his baffling and spoiled only son. In retirement and with his second wife getting on his nerves, he has a few things to get off his chest.

Literature & Fiction

Yasmina Reza

Contemporary

Penguin??Books

In a novel at once eccentric, dark and achingly funny - an old man reflects upon his life, his marriage, friendships, love affairs, and the enragingly separate existence of his spoiled, and lost, only son. He has had a full life, and now, in his later years, retired, his second wife getting on his nerves, love affairs a distant memory, he has a few things to get off his chest...Yasmina Reza has written a novel in defence of a life lived passionately, not passively. It is a genuine tour de force.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

From the internationally acclaimed playwright and author of Art comes a first novel of extraordinary brilliance: the outpourings—at once eccentric, dark, and exceedingly funny—of an old man reflecting upon his life, marriages, friendships, love affairs, and the enragingly separate existence of his spoiled, and lost, only son. He has had a full life, and now, in his later years, retired, his second wife getting on his nerves, love affairs a distant memory, he has a few things that he’d like to get off his chest. As he talks—half to himself, half to the son he can’t understand—we’re introduced to Nancy, his too-happy wife; to their housekeeper, Mrs. Dacimiento, who still can’t put the bag properly over the rim of the garbage can; to his chum Lionel; to his daughter and her wannabe-truly-Jewish husband; and to the heartbreaking Marisa Botton, his idiotic, irresistible mistress. Finally, we witness his chance re-encounter with the charming Genevieve Abramowitz, who in telling him a story of her own leads him to his final overtures. Yasmina Reza has written a symphonic monologue—a passionate kvetch, a truly original work.

Literary

KNOPF

From the Author of The Tony Award-Winning Art, a Moving Play About Family and MemorySimon Weinberg is dead. And, on a November morning, he is buried in accordance with his wishes on the Loiret family estate. Gathered together at his funeral are six people--brothers and sisters, lovers, husbands and wives. Mourning allows them special privilege and, for a few hours, they are isolated in another world under a lingering sun, in the shadow of the deceased. Conversations After a Burial explores that ineffable moment of mourning, wherein the newly deceased is still almost palpable, the moment in which one can still maintain the memory of a breath, the intense moment between the absence and the return to every day existence, between loss and life

Conversations After a Burial

Humor & Entertainment

Faber&Faber

A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

God of Carnage (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Dramas & Plays

Dramatist's Play Service

Tony Award winner for Best Play and Olivier Award winner for Best Comedy. How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be art? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive and very white - painting. To Marc, the painting is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use it to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a painting worth? A nonstop cross-fire of crackling language (and) serious issues of life and art...sounds like a marriage of Moliere and Woody Allen, writes Newsweek.  A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Bob Balaban, Brian Cox and Jeff Perry.

Art (Library Edition Audio CDs)

L.A. Theatre Works

Happy are the Happy

Romance

HARVILL/SECKER

J'ai commencé à éprouver un sentiment, je veux dire un vrai, à ce moment-là. En sortant de la voiture, à Wandermines, sous la pluie. On ne parle pas assez de l'influence des lieux sur l'affect. Certaines nostalgies remontent à la surface sans prévenir. Les êtres changent de nature, comme dans les contes. Au milieu de cette confrérie en habits du dimanche, se pressant vers la mairie pour échapper aux gouttes, tenant le bras d'Odile pour l'aider sur le parvis glissant, j'ai éprouvé la catastrophe du sentiment '. Glissant de la mélancolie à l'humour, Yasmina Reza dessine avec Heureux les heureux une constellation moderne de personnages confrontés à l'impasse sentimentale.

Heureux les heureux (Prix Litteraire Du Monde) (French Edition)

French and European Publications Inc

On a voulu être sympathiques, on a acheté des tulipes, ma femme m'a déguisé en type de gauche, mais la vérité est que je n'ai aucun self control, je suis un caractériel pur. ' Suite à une banale dispute, les Houllié et les Reille font connaissance afin de remplir une déclaration qui viendra couvrir les dommages corporels que Ferdinand Reille, 11 ans, a fait subir à Bruno Houllié. Mais le règlement du conflit ne tarde pas à atteindre des proportions qui dépassent toutes les forces en présence. Une comédie grinçante et une critique follement caustique des rapports humains.

Le dieu du carnage (French Edition)

Une désolation (French Edition)

Genre Fiction

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Desolation

Desolation

Desolation

Conversations After a Burial

God of Carnage (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Art (Library Edition Audio CDs)

Happy are the Happy

Heureux les heureux (Prix Litteraire Du Monde) (French Edition)

Le dieu du carnage (French Edition)

Une désolation (French Edition)