by Yasmina Reza · Hachette · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253150206
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«Une Désolation» is the novel by Yasmina Reza, published by Hachette in paperback (155 pages, in French).
Samuel Perlman, an elderly narrator who refuses to be happy, unfolds in a monologue to his son his renunciations and his disillusionment with a comfortable life. Between reproaches to a generation that avoids suffering and memories of lost loves, the novel becomes a mordant invective on family and the passage of time.
The author's first novel, originally published in 1999; this 2001 edition bears number 15020 in the Le Livre de Poche collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction who enjoy nonconformist voices and acid views on family and happiness.
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays 'Art' and God of Carnage. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 black comedy film Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski, was based on Reza's Tony Award-winning 2006 play God of Carnage.
