Eugene Ionesco (19121994) one of the founders of the drama of the absurd However, this edition introduces the reader to his little-known prose. In the novel Alone with Solitude , Translated into Russian for the first time , Although it is simple (CM) It's a short story ,. It is difficult to draw a line between reality and phantasmagoria. When in the boring world of the hero - small , Uncredited employee , Then, suddenly, the rich will come to the fore. Is there a real civil war on the scale of … One Street . And against this background, with naive and touching persistence, the hero seeks his destiny, his place in the Universe, his connection with people whom he sees imprisoned in crystal coffins. In the eccentric-grotesque stories-parables of Ionesco, the feeling of nightmare, meaninglessness and irrationality of human life is combined with criticism of conformist consciousness.