Nuno
Pour un oui ou pour un non is a very unique play. It’s not very long, at about 25 pages but it’s still very complex. Exploring the power of language and words, the author Nathalie Sarraute depicts a verbal dispute between two life long friends who began separating due to their different values and a specific sentence one of them said. It’s a hard book to understand while reading, as many times an ironic tone is present which is better understood with actors playing the parts. I really like how naturally the dispute evolves, it all flows very well. The two main characters, H1 et H2, are very interesting and all the many examples and situations they talk about are engaging. The part with the neighbors is very good as well, portraying a real trial while evolving drastically both of the main characters. The last few pages are very good but I’m not sure about the ending, I get it we’re supposed to decide wether they separate or not but I don’t know it all feels a bit too weird in those last lines. I really like how we don’t loose time describing them physically as it wouldn’t make sense at all and it pays to the believability that the two of them are friends for a long time. The moral debate between conservatives and liberals, as well as forcing their values on others is very good and very well explored. I also like how the play portrays the difficulty of expressing ourselves, the pauses, silences and reformulations are really powerful. The writing is fantastic, the punctuation never misses, Nathalie Sarraute is phenomenal. I really liked this play and the theme of the power of words is very interesting and very well explored in here.
Pour un oui ou pour un non is a very unique play. It’s not very long, at about 25 pages but it’s still very complex. Exploring the power of language and words, the author Nathalie Sarraute depicts a verbal dispute between two life long friends who began separating due to their different values and a specific sentence one of them said. It’s a hard book to understand while reading, as many times an ironic tone is present which is better understood with actors playing the parts. I really like how naturally the dispute evolves, it all flows very well. The two main characters, H1 et H2, are very interesting and all the many examples and situations they talk about are engaging. The part with the neighbors is very good as well, portraying a real trial while evolving drastically both of the main characters. The last few pages are very good but I’m not sure about the ending, I get it we’re supposed to decide wether they separate or not but I don’t know it all feels a bit too weird in those last lines. I really like how we don’t loose time describing them physically as it wouldn’t make sense at all and it pays to the believability that the two of them are friends for a long time. The moral debate between conservatives and liberals, as well as forcing their values on others is very good and very well explored. I also like how the play portrays the difficulty of expressing ourselves, the pauses, silences and reformulations are really powerful. The writing is fantastic, the punctuation never misses, Nathalie Sarraute is phenomenal. I really liked this play and the theme of the power of words is very interesting and very well explored in here.