Description
Book SynopsisYasmina Reza''s award-winning comedy Art is collected here with three more of her sharp witty and sexy plays, all translated with elegance and élan by Christopher Hampton.
Art
Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. Mark hates it and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides. The question is, are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are? If your friendship is based on tacit mutual agreement, what happens when one person does something completely different?
Life x 3
Henri and Sonia are putting their son to bed when an unexpected knock at the door throws them into disarray. Hubert and Ines have arrived for dinner, a day earlier than expected. As the evening degenerates, Yasmina Reza blends cruel observations with high comedy in an hilarious and poignant examinatioin of our most personal intimacies and private longings.<
Trade Review
"Art: 'A remarkably wise, witty and intelligent comedy. Art has touched a universal nerve.' The Times; Life x 3: 'Pleasure in triplicate.' Independent; Conversations After a Burial: 'Reza brings to her characters a brooding, mature compassion.' Sunday Times; The Unexpected Man: 'Delicate and witty, neatly constructed and peppered with irony.' Financial Times; 'One of the most musical and psychologically acute playwrights today.' Financial Times"
