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Thérèse Raquin

Émile Zola author Nicholas Wright editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nick Hern Books

Published:12th Oct '06

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A gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

Stifled by an oppressive mother-in-law and a sickly husband, Thérèse Raquin falls passionately for another man. Their feverish affair drives the lovers to an act of terrible desperation, which catapults them headlong into a world more claustrophobic than the one they sought to destroy.

This English version of Thérèse Raquin was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2006.

'Nicholas Wright's outstandingly well-written and acute new version... unforgettable'

* Observer *

'A potent, dark group portrait of selfishness and obsession'

* Independent on Sund

ISBN: 9781854599582

Dimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 6mm

Weight: 111g

96 pages

National Theatre stage version