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Absurdity reigns: people become rhinos, life’s meaning is lost.
Rhinoceros, The Chairs, The Lesson
The Chairs, the Lesson
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224 pages
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19 September 2000
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Summary
These three great plays by one of the founding fathers of the theatre of the absurd, are alive and kicking with tragedy and humour, bleakness and farce.
- Rhinoceros: We are shown the innate brutality of people as everyone, except for Berenger, turn into clumsy, unthinking rhinoceroses.
- The Chairs: Depicts the futile struggle of two old people to convey the meaning of life to the rest of humanity.
- The Lesson: A c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141184296 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141184299 |
| Author: | Eugene Ionesco |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2000 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Eugene Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco’s first one-act “antiplay,” The Bald Soprano, inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd. He followed it with other one-act plays in which illogical events create an atmosphere both comic and grotesque, including The Lesson. His most popular full-length play was Rhinoceros. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1970.
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