Happy are the Happy by Yasmina Reza
1 novel. 18 people. 18 lives. Infinite combinations: families and friends, colleagues and patients, lovers and mourners... But sometimes a crowd is the loneliest place to be. An award-winning exploration of dreams and disillusionment, love and infidelity from the creator of global theatre sensation Art and God of Carnage.
Fast becoming the hit of the summer.. At times it's darkly comic, but there's loss and heartbreak, too -- Laurel Ives * Style, Sunday Times *
Reza has a sketch artist's ability to create pictures and atmosphere with a few careful strokes... Bittersweet, yet beautiful to read * Daily Mail *
She has a superpower for zeroing in on each beat of an argument, each buried emotion... Moments of simple joy stand out from the vividly awkward domestic tussles that surround them * The Times *
Sharply observant wit...a rather particular delight...the mistress of subtle detail -- Louise Jury * Independent *
Happy are the Happy is a spiky, brilliantly observed novel about marriage, infidelity, dreams and disillusion * Stella Magazine, Sunday Telegraph *
Reza has a sketch artist's ability to create pictures and atmosphere with a few careful strokes... Bittersweet, yet beautiful to read * Daily Mail *
She has a superpower for zeroing in on each beat of an argument, each buried emotion... Moments of simple joy stand out from the vividly awkward domestic tussles that surround them * The Times *
Sharply observant wit...a rather particular delight...the mistress of subtle detail -- Louise Jury * Independent *
Happy are the Happy is a spiky, brilliantly observed novel about marriage, infidelity, dreams and disillusion * Stella Magazine, Sunday Telegraph *
YASMINA REZA is a French playwright and novelist, based in Paris, whose works have all been multi-award-winning, critical and popular international successes. Her plays, Conversations After a Burial, Art, The Unexpected Man, Life x 3 and God of Carnage, have been produced worldwide and translated into thirty-five languages. Her novels include Hammerklavier, Desolation, Adam Haberberg and Dawn, Dusk or Night. Her screenplay, Lulu Kreutz’s Picnic, was made into a film directed by Didier Martiny.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099587323 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099587327 |
| Title | Happy are the Happy |
| Author | Yasmina Reza |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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