by Yasmina Reza · FOLIO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072733086
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«Babylone» is the literary fiction novel by Yasmina Reza, published by Folio in paperback (224 pages, in French).
The narrator recalls a dinner with the Manoscrivi, an evening where everyone laughs and which ends in a tragic and unexpected event. The novel explores friendship, life as a couple, solitude, and the fragility of existence with Yasmina Reza's incisive tone, not without humour, in portraying human relationships and contemporary society.
Originally published in 2016, this Folio edition appeared in 2018. The work won the Prix Renaudot 2016.
For readers of contemporary and literary fiction, interested in current French narrative with an ironic look at human relationships.
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays 'Art' and God of Carnage. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 black comedy film Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski, was based on Reza's Tony Award-winning 2006 play God of Carnage.
