Hugoliad: Or the Grotesque and Tragic Life of Victor Hugo

by Eugène Ionesco

A satirical depiction of the first forty years of Victor Hugo's life portrays him as a mediocre charlatan

Genres: Fiction

126 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, was a Romanian playwright and dramatist; one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict in a tangible way the solitude and insignificance of human existence.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Ivy-Mabel Fling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like Le Solitaire, this book is very different from the plays. I found it entertaining but, unless I completely misunderstood it, Ionesco really could not stand Victor Hugo!!!

[Patrick Donohue · Rating 1 out of 5]

Brief anti-biography written during the youth of Romanian absurdist Egene Ionesco. Drawing largely on Edmund Bire’s nit-picky biography, Ionesco attempts to deride and express his dislike of Hugo and his literary works, going as far as to allege that Hugo’s despair over the death of Leopoldine was inauthentic. A pessimistic and profoundly immature work, emblematic of absurdist nihilism

[Susan Bin · Rating 2 out of 5]

[alyssa edwards voice] alright ionesco alright