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Title: Rhinocéros Title Record # 2053714
Author: Eugène Ionesco
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-FR
Language: French
Note: This is a 3-act play. DO NOT MERGE OR VARIANT with the homonymous short story.
Synopsis: The inhabitants of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses; ultimately the only human who does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis is the central character, Bérenger, a flustered everyman figure who is initially criticized in the play for his drinking, tardiness, and slovenly lifestyle and then, later, for his increasing paranoia and obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play is often read as a response and criticism to the sudden upsurge of Communism, Fascism, and Nazism during the events preceding World War II, and explores the themes of conformity, culture, mass movements, mob mentality, philosophy and morality [from Wikipedia].
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Rhinocéros: suivi de: La vase 1971-11-02 Eugène Ionesco Gallimard (Le manteau d'Arlequin)     200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Rhinocéros 1997-08-25 Eugène Ionesco Gallimard (Folio #816) 2-07-036816-5   246
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Éric Provoost?Eric Provoost
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