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Title: Desolation by Yasmina Reza, Carol Brown Janeway ISBN: 0375410872 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 4
Summary: Reflections of a Life!
Comment: Yasmina Reza is the author of the Tony Award winning play "Art" and it is evident from the beginning paragraph of this debut novel that this author is very familiar with the stage. Written in monologue form, the story gives voice to the ravings and complaints of an old man named Samuel Perlman. Samuel is complaining most of the time about his adult son, from whom he feels estranged. This is a son he feels is lazy, "rotting in leisure", and who has no ambition or passion in his life. In analyzing his son's misguided life, he starts to reflect upon his own life, his marriages, love affairs, and close friendships. Could it be he is terrified of his own daily monotony? Loneliness, solitude and Samuel's inability to escape his own unhappiness or daily routine are perhaps his greatest enemy?
This is a brilliantly written first novel that is humorous funny, sad, heartbreaking, uplifting and disturbing all at the same time. You get a sense of just how fragile life is and how hard it is to escape one's final destination. One has to look beyond the complaints of Samuel to really know him. Excellent. Highly Recommended!
Joe Hanssen
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting monologue
Comment: Written in the form of a monologue, this short novel is about the life, disappointments and losses of an old man. Disappointed at his son for lacking ambition and embracing mediocrity, the narrator shares his thoughts of his life, his friends and the events that shaped his life.
The novel and the language are interesting. However, I did not feel any compassion or sympathy towards the character. He is an old man bitter with disappointment at everyone around him. Yet, he himself, despite his talks of thriving in conflict and turmoil, has avoided conflict all his life and continues to do so with his wife, dauther and her family. While he does not claim he is perfect he also does not take any responsibility for anything or anyone.
While the monologue technique was interesting, I found the book mediocre.
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Title: Life X 3 by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton ISBN: 0571207383 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Hammerklavier by Yasmina Reza, Carol Cosman, Geraldine Touzeau-Patrick, Catherine McMillan ISBN: 0807614513 Publisher: George Braziller Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Conversations After a Burial by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton ISBN: 0571204414 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton ISBN: 0571196047 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Art by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton ISBN: 0571190146 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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