Samuel Perlman, the elderly narrator of Yasmina Reza's deliriously dyspeptic novel, is surrounded by happy people. His wife Nancy is thrilled to be a member of the human race. His grown son is content crisscrossing the world to "sample exotic fruit with the savages." But Samuel himself refuses to be happy and his attempt to explain his refusal (half to his son and half to himself) generates an epic, blasphemous, and hilarious rant against the compromises of his life. Whether he is recounting his pal Lionel's heroic battle against impotence; lamenting the loss of his great love, the...
Samuel Perlman, the elderly narrator of Yasmina Reza's deliriously dyspeptic novel, is surrounded by happy people. His wife Nancy is thrilled to be a ...
From the celebrated writer of Art, a scathingly hilarious commentary on vanity, professional insecurity, and the vicissitudes of marriage.
Life X 3 presents three versions of two couples (and an offstage six-year-old) trying to make a success of one evening despite the fact that they neither like nor respect one another. When Hubert and Ines arrive a day early to dinner at the home of Henri and Sophie, Sophie barely has time to change out of her robe and Ines is in a foul mood about a run in her stocking-from there, the evening can only go downhill. Over an improvised meal of...
From the celebrated writer of Art, a scathingly hilarious commentary on vanity, professional insecurity, and the vicissitudes of marriage.
From the award-winning author of "Art" and "Desolation" comes this bitingly funny new novel that follows the absurd adventures of a man struggling with a midlife crisis. Adam Haberberg is losing his sight in his left eye. His new book is a flop. And his marriage isn't doing too well. But while sitting one day on a park bench, he sees an old friend from high school, Marie Therese, and suddenly his whole life seems to change. Adam soon finds that his own life has somehow become intertwined with Marie Therese's, throwing everything into question. A wry tragicomedy and a nuanced study of a...
From the award-winning author of "Art" and "Desolation" comes this bitingly funny new novel that follows the absurd adventures of a man struggling wit...
Reza, Yasmina Heibert, Frank Schmidt-Henkel, Hinrich
Ein Jahr lang hat Yasmina Reza Nicolas Sarkozy im Wahlkampf begleitet und ihre Beobachtungen aufgeschrieben. Daraus ist ein sehr persönliches Buch über den Typus des Politikers entstanden, des Mannes, der alles im Leben auf eine Karte setzt. Der scharfe Blick einer Frau, der meistgespielten zeitgenössichen Dramatikerin, auf einen ebenso prominenten wie umstrittenen Akteur auf der politischen Bühne, entzückte Leser und Kritiker.Yasmina Reza gibt keine Antworten - sie öffnen lediglich das Tor zu den Fragen.
Ein Jahr lang hat Yasmina Reza Nicolas Sarkozy im Wahlkampf begleitet und ihre Beobachtungen aufgeschrieben. Daraus ist ein sehr persönliches Buch ü...
