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The lie / Florian Zeller ; translated by Christopher Hampton.

By: Zeller, Florian [author.]Contributor(s): Hampton, Christopher, 1946- [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2017Description: 96 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571342686 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 842.9'2 Summary: In Florian Zeller's 'The Lie', a companion piece to his earlier play 'The Truth', Michel and Laurence are coming for dinner. But Alice has spotted Michel kissing another woman that very afternoon, leaving her with a dilemma. Her husband Paul believes it is better to behave as if nothing has happened; Alice is far from sure. An argument ensues and as their own relationship is held up to scrutiny, the question as to who is being protected and why grows ever more difficult to answer.
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Translated from the French.

In Florian Zeller's 'The Lie', a companion piece to his earlier play 'The Truth', Michel and Laurence are coming for dinner. But Alice has spotted Michel kissing another woman that very afternoon, leaving her with a dilemma. Her husband Paul believes it is better to behave as if nothing has happened; Alice is far from sure. An argument ensues and as their own relationship is held up to scrutiny, the question as to who is being protected and why grows ever more difficult to answer.

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