Name: Babylon
ISBN: 9783446256514

Yasmina Reza

Babylon

Winner of the Prix Renaudot Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt Elisabeth is a woman whose curiosity and passion far exceed the borders of her quiet middle-class life. She befriends a neighbor, organizes a small dinner party. And then, quite suddenly, finds herself embarked with him on an adventure that is one part vaudeville and one part high tragedy. A quiet novel of manners turns into a police procedural thriller. Her motivations for risking everything she has are never transparent. In a world where matters of life and death are nearly always transported to a clinical setting, whether it be a hospital or a courtroom, here each character must confront them unassisted. A truly original and masterful novel from one of the world’s most inventive and daring artists.

Giovanni Garcia-Fenech 

Reza takes the tradition of French existentialist and miserabilist literature (think Sartre, Emmanuel Bove, or Simenon's roman dures) and makes it true to life and, at times, painfully funny. This gripping novel even has subtle echoes of Camus' The Stranger.

Babylon

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