The Moustache
| Author | Emmanuel Carrère |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Pages | 182 |
The Moustache (French: La Moustache), or The Mustache in the United States,[1] is a 1986 novel by the French writer Emmanuel Carrère.[2]
Plot[edit]
In Paris, a man shaves off his moustache for the first time in ten years. He is baffled when his wife reacts by saying that he never had a moustache. His world begins to crumble when she denies the existence of several people he knows and says his father is dead.[1]
Reception[edit]
Publishers Weekly called the book "a tense, piercing reminder that a fine and shifting line distinguishes fact from mirage" and "a keen example of how readers are necessary captives of a narrator's perspective, however skewed or surreal".[1]
Film adaptation[edit]
The novel is the basis for the 2005 film The Moustache, directed by Carrère and starring Vincent Lindon.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Mustache". Publishers Weekly. 1988. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Ekstein, Nina (2013). "Irony in Emmanuel Carrère's 'La moustache'". The French Review. 86 (3): 497–506. doi:10.1353/tfr.2013.0424. JSTOR 23510842. S2CID 45077621.
- ^ "The Moustache". Cineuropa. Retrieved 18 June 2023.