Variations Énigmatiques

I started to read a new play this morning, and I finished it some mintues ago. That play was Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Enigma Variations (Variations Énigmatiques)". This play is written in 1996. A breathtakingly masterpiece by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Once again this play has just characters, two men, who talk about their lives and their beloveds.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt describes the summary himself:

"Who do we love when we love ? Do we ever know who the beloved one is ? Is mutual affection but a happy and lucky misunderstanding ?

Love is a mystery and the very reason why, on the stage, one man faces. On one side, Abel Znorko, a Nobel Prize of literature who lives far from men and civilization. On his island lost in the middle of the Norwegian sea, he keeps on remenbering the woman he loved passionately and with whom he corresponded for a long time. On the other : Erik Larsen, a journalist who wants to interview the writer.

But the interview is only a pretext. So what is Larsen's secret motive ? What is the link between him and this woman Znorko claims he has never forgotten ? And most of all, why has the misanthropist agreed to meet him ?

The encounter will quickly turn into a very cruel and vicious truth game. The two men, like two boxers, will in turn reveal their secrets in many dramatic turns and with a suspense distilled with much talent."

Mesmerizing storytelling of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt will surprise you once again. With no doubt this play will be in your mind for weeks and will make you think deeply about the story. If you didn't have the chance to read this play, This is my recommendation for your forthcoming holidays.

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