Absent Friends

Ayckbourn, Alan

ISBN 10: 0573013314 / ISBN 13: 9780573013317

Edité par Samuel French Ltd, 1975

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Synopsis :

Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband are perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross-marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

School life, family argumentColin’s fiancée died two months ago.  How comforting for Paul and Diana, Colin’s closest friends, to invite him for a small Saturday tea party to ease his grief.  When, however, everyone else is left shattered and grieving, it is clear that Diana’s plans have not gone quiet according to plan!, passion, love and broken love – these subjects lie at the heart of this selection of short stories.

 

 

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Absent Friends
Éditeur : Samuel French Ltd
Date d'édition : 1975
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket