''The Moustache'' (), or ''The Mustache'' in the United States,
is a 1986 novel by French writer
Emmanuel Carrère
Emmanuel Carrère (; born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
Life Family
Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insurance ...
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Plot
In Paris, a man shaves off his moustache for the first time in ten years. He is baffled when his wife reacts by insisting that he never had a moustache. His world begins to crumble when she denies the existence of several people he knows and claims his father is dead.
Reception
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Publishers Weekly
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'' 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, no matter how skewed or surreal".
Film adaptation
The novel serves as the basis for the 2005 film ''
The Moustache'', directed by Carrère and starring
Vincent Lindon
Vincent Lindon (; born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film '' The Measure of a Man'' (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best ...
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References
External links
Penguin Books
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1986 French novels
Novels set in Paris
Novels by Emmanuel Carrère
Éditions Gallimard books
French novels adapted into films