15 Seconds [1999]
(Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2000)
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Résumé Mathieu will suffer from cerebral palsy for the rest of his life, because at the moment of his birth his brain was deprived of oxygen for 15 seconds. This doesn't prevent him from thinking, acting, feeling, and being relatively autonomous. The most difficult thing may be to convince a beautiful
woman to love him, so he enlists his brother, Claude, who could prove to be a big help to him. Extrait « CLAUDE : […] "Oh my! Mathieu said a complete sentence!" What about me? Do I have to write a novel and win the Prix Goncourt? "What! I can't believe he drives a car!" And what do I have to drive for you to think I'm someone special? A race car? A helicopter? A plane? A rocket? […] » Revue de presse "This play is a mini masterpiece of absurdity, suspense, and pointed provocation, where the spectator is continuously confronted with himself and his own prejudices regarding love...and physical handicaps." Solange Lévesque, Le Devoir, March 11, 1997 |