Yasmina Reza: Plays 1: Art, Life x 3, The Unexpected Man, Conversations After a Burial (Contemporary Classics (Faber & Faber))
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571221912 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"'Art' is great" according to vs. I decided to read this collection after i learned that Polanski's film Carnage is based on Reza's play "God of Carnage". I liked the movie very much, so i hoped i might like other plays by Reza. I did.Out of four plays in this collection I was really impressed by 'Art', it deserves 5 stars and more. It can be compared with any and every great play including the most famous. On the surface this play is about an abstract painting of a mo. "knowledge of the human psychology" according to amateco. Each of the plays is a masterpiece about psychology- impossible to miss .Fresh and clear but strong and intense at the moment the reader comes across each character. "Five Stars" according to Albert V. lesley. Interesting drama. Arrived in o.k. condition.
Praise for the plays of Yasmina Reza": " "Hilarious, sneakily profound "Art "takes that yawny old bore, the play of ideas, and jolts it to life." --"Newsweek" "Artful "The Unexpected Man" may convince you that there is nothing of greater value in all the world than a brief encounter between strangers on a train." --Nancy Franklin, "The New Yorker" ""Life x 3" remains as endearing as it is thoughtful Reza characteristically seeks to explore the quirks that can make everyday life both ridiculous and sublime." --Elysa Gardner, "USA Today" "The mixture of laughter and tears, of irony and plain speaking, is often Chekhovian "Conversations After a Burial "leaves a powerful and affecting aftertaste." --Alastair Macaulay, "Financial Times "(London)Praise for the plays of Yasmina Reza" ""Hilarious, sneakily profound "Art "takes that yawny old bore, the play of ideas, and jolts it to life." --"Newsweek""Artful "The Unexpected Man" may convince you that there is nothing of greater value in all the world than a brief encounter between strangers on a train." --Nancy Franklin, "The New Yorker"""Life x 3" remains as endearing as it is thoughtful Reza characteristically seeks to explore the quirks that can make everyday life both ridiculous and sublime." --Elysa Gardner, "USA Today""The mixture of laughter and tears, of irony and plain speaking, is often Chekhovian "Conversations After a Burial "leaves a powerful and affecting aftertaste." --Alastair Macaulay, "Financial Times "(London)
She lives in Paris.. Yasmina Reza is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
Each elucidates the startling difference between public and private life, be it in the confines of a train compartment or a country estate in the aftermath of a loved one's passing.. In this sly critique of contemporary relationships, Reza skillfully picks apart the friendship of three men via a bowl of olives and a white-on-white painting. Also included in this edition are two earlier plays, The Unexpected Man and Conversations After a Burial. Now translated into more than 30 languages, Art continues to be performed worldwide, even as Reza's other plays have garnered similar acclaim. Life x 3, Reza's most recent offering, agai