Lette is an electronics engineer with a fantastic new invention. This invention will be presented to the world by his assistant, because Lette is an unacceptably ugly man, according to his boss. But the boss is right. Lette's own wife, Fanny, confirms it, admitting she has never quite looked at him due to his aesthetic misfortune. Crushed by the revelation, Lette seeks solace in radical plastic surgery — a complete facial do-over. The results exceed everyone's expectations, as Lette emerges a beautiful man. So beautiful is the new Lette that his life is turned upside-down. Women want him (and Lette must oblige), men want to look like him, and suddenly beauty abounds. Or does it? In Marius von Mayenburg's... More >>>