{"product_id":"desolation-paperback-by-yasmina-reza-translated-from-the-frency-by-carol-brown-janeway","title":"Desolation Paperback by Yasmina Reza Translated from the Frency by Carol Brown Janeway","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2003-10-14)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375724725\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e155.93\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.35 x 13.11 x 1.02\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSamuel Perlman, the elderly narrator of Yasmina Reza’s deliriously dyspeptic novel, is surrounded by happy people. His wife Nancy is thrilled to be a member of the human race. His grown son is content crisscrossing the world to “sample exotic fruit with the savages.” But Samuel himself refuses to be happy and his attempt to explain his refusal (half to his son  and half to himself) generates an epic, blasphemous, and hilarious rant against the compromises of his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether he is recounting his pal Lionel’s heroic battle against impotence; lamenting the loss of his great love, the irresistible Marisa Botton; or pondering the possibility of a new love in the person of one Genevieve Abramowitz, the droll, irascible Perlman is one of the great talkers of contemporary fiction. And \u003cb\u003eDesolation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most dazzling performances ever written for one voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eYasmina Reza is a playwright and novelist whose plays have all been multi-award-winning critical and popular international successes, translated in more than thirty languages. Her plays include \u003cb\u003eConversations After a Burial\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Passage of Winter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(which was awarded a Tony in 1999), \u003cb\u003eThe Unexpected Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLife ? 3\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the author of a translation of Kafka’s \u003cb\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ea novel, \u003cb\u003eHammerklavier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand a film, \u003cb\u003eLulu Kreutz’s Picnic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552888148129,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375724725","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375724725.jpg?v=1781719258","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/desolation-paperback-by-yasmina-reza-translated-from-the-frency-by-carol-brown-janeway","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}