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Happy are the happy, Yasmina Reza ; translated from the French by John Cullen

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Happy are the happy

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Yasmina Reza ; translated from the French by John Cullen

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

Robert Toscano -- Marguerite Blot -- Odile Toscano -- Vincent Zawada -- Pascaline Hutner -- Paola Suares -- Ernest Blot -- Philip Chemla -- Loula Moreno -- Raoul Barnèche -- Virginie Déruelle -- Rémi Grobe -- Chantal Audouin -- Jean Ehrenfried -- Damien Barnèche -- Luc Condamine -- Hélène Barnèche -- Jeanette Blot -- Robert Toscano -- Odile Toscano -- Jean Ehrenfried