The Dress

In mathematics and logic, there is a method called reductio ad absurdum, or "reduction to absurdity" — this is a technique used to prove the invalidity of a certain opinion in such a way that either within it or in... the ensuing consequences, a contradiction is revealed.
Jérôme de Verdier applied this method to modernity in his book "The Dress," resulting in a novel filled with sharp dialogues, French humor, irony, and grotesque — a true triumph of absurdity.
It can confidently be said that Jérôme continues the tradition of Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett.
"The Dress" is a book about how the world is going insane, but love and humor are still capable of saving it.

Plot:
One evening, before setting the table, Isabelle gifts her husband a dress. She wants Jean-Pierre to wear it for dinner. He cannot understand — is it a bad joke, is his wife sick, or has the world changed so much?
But soon the guests will arrive, and time is of the essence.
Jean-Pierre is in for a series of phantasmagorical twists: a floral dress in a box, scared guests, an attempted strangulation of a neighbor (with that same dress). But more on that later.

Jérôme de Verdier questions the adequacy of what is happening in the world and explores the relationships of couples, mocking both blissful progressives and gloomy conservatives.

18+ because a character is nervous and smokes a lot*