# Desolation

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- Book: [Desolation](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasmina-reza/desolation) ([Desolation.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasmina-reza/desolation.md))
- Authors: [Yasmina Reza](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasmina-reza), [Carol Janeway](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-janeway)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7572-472-5
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2003-10-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Samuel Perlman, the elderly narrator of Yasmina Reza’s deliriously dyspeptic novel, is surrounded by happy people. His wife Nancy is thrilled to be a member of the human race. His grown son is content...