Conversations After A Burial
by Christopher Hampton, Yasmina Reza

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Readers appreciate the depth and humor in this play, praising Yasmina Reza for her ability to capture complex emotions within brief dialogues. Many feel that the work, despite its short length, offers insightful reflections on familial relationships and grief. There is a sense of admiration for the author's craft, although some believe it may not be her best work.

Witty and engaging dialogue Insightful exploration of grief Complex characters and relationships Some found it too short Not her strongest piece

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From the Author of The Tony Award-Winning Art

, a Moving Play About Family and Memory

Simon Weinberg is dead.

And, on a November morning, he is buried in accordance with his wishes on the Loiret family estate.

Gathered together at his funeral are six people--brothers and sisters, lovers, husbands and wives.

Mourning allows them special privilege and, for a few hours, they are isolated in another world under a lingering sun, in the shadow of the deceased.

Conversations After a Burial explores that ineffable moment of mourning, wherein the newly deceased is still almost palpable, the moment in which one can still maintain the memory of a breath, the intense moment between the absence and the return to every day existence, between loss and life

Publication

Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 2001
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 80
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780571204410
ISBN-10 0571204414
LCCN 2001535707
LCC PQ2678.E955 C6613 2000

Conversations After A Burial is a French play written by Christopher Hampton and published by Faber & Faber in London (2001).

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