Hunger and Thirst (French original title La Soif et la faim) is one of the last plays by Eugène Ionesco. It was first published in French in 1966. The play has one act divided into four periods. In the play, Ionesco depicts religion as an expression of conformism and of the alienation of idealism to the establishment.
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Eugène Ionesco
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| Plays |
- The Bald Soprano (1950)
- Salutations (1950)
- The Lesson (1951)
- The Chairs (1952)
- The Leader
- Victims of Duty (1953)
- Maid to Marry (1953)
- Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It (1954)
- Jack, or The Submission (1955)
- The New Tenant (1955)
- The Picture (1955)
- Improvisation (1956)
- The Future is in Eggs, or It Takes All Sorts to Make a World' (1957)
- The Killer (1958)
- Foursome (1959)
- Rhinoceros (1959)
- Frenzy for Two or More (1962)
- Exit the King (1962)
- A Stroll in the Air (1962)
- Hunger and Thirst (1964)
- Killing Game (1970)
- Macbett (1972)
- Man with Bags (1977)
- Journeys among the Dead (1980)
- The Viscount
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| Essays |
Nu (1934)
- Hugoliade (1935)
- La Tragédie du langage (1958)
- Expérience du théâtre (1958)
- Discours sur l'avant-garde (1959)
- Notes and Counternotes (1962)
- Fragments of a Journal (1966)
- Découvertes (1969)
- Antidotes (1977)
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| Poetry |
- Elegii pentru fiinţe mici (1931)
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| Children's books |
Story Number 1 For Children Under Three Years of Age (1967)
- Story Number 2 For Children Under Three Years of Age (1970)
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| Novels and stories |
La Vase (1956)
- Le Piéton de l'air (1961, A Stroll in the Air)
- The Colonel's Photograph and Other Stories (1962)
- Le Solitaire (The Hermit, 1973)
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| Opera adaptations and libretti |
Le Maître (1962)
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