Happy are the happy
By: Yasmina Reza ; translated from the French by John Cullen
Contributors: Cullen, John, 1942- translator
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781590516928; 9781590516935
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Adultery; Fiction
Work titles: Heureux les heureux
Description: This citation of Borges resonates with every character in Yasmina Reza's novel, except that they are never so lucky. In fact, what happens to them is the exact opposite of what they crave. The twenty short chapters that make up this unusual book deal with both marital and extramarital vicissitudes, the elusiveness of intimacy, the fear of loneliness, and the desire to be loved or at least understood just once in our lives. The mixing of tones--cruelty and despair competing with humor and fantasy--and the quality of the monologues--taut and highly original--adds to the novel's virtuosity. This is without a doubt Reza's most accomplished work.
Notes: Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Robert Toscano; title: Marguerite Blot; title: Odile Toscano; title: Vincent Zawada; title: Pascaline Hutner; title: Paola Suares; title: Ernest Blot; title: Philip Chemla; title: Loula Moreno; title: Raoul Barneche; title: Virginie Deruelle; title: Remi Grobe; title: Chantal Audouin; title: Jean Ehrenfried; title: Damien Barneche; title: Luc Condamine; title: Helene Barneche; title: Jeanette Blot; title: Robert Toscano; title: Odile Toscano; title: Jean Ehrenfried.