Mrozek Reader

Title: Mrozek Reader
Author: Mrozek, Slawomir
Price: $49.95

CONTENTS
Chronology
Introduction

Ten Stories from The Elephant (1958) - Translated by Konrad Syrop
* From the Darkness
* The Elephant
* The Trial
* Tiny
* The Lion
* The Monument
* The Background to an Era
* Drummers Adventure
* Spring in Poland
* The Chronicle of a Besieged City

The Police, Three-Act Play (1958) - Translated by Nicholas Bethell
Out at Sea, One-Act Play (1961) - Translated by Nicholas Bethell
Charlie, One-Act Play (1961) - Translated by Nicholas Bethell
Striptease, One-Act Play (1961) - Translated by Lola Gruenthal
Tango, Three-Act Play (1964) - Translated by Ralph Manheim and Teresa Dzieduszycka
Vatzlav (1970) - Translated by Ralph Manheim
Emigrants, One-Act Play (1974) - Translated by Henry Beissel
The Hunchback, Four-Act Play (1975) - Translated by Jacek Laskowski
Four One-Act animal Plays - Translated by Jacek Laskowski
Fox Hunt (1976)
Serenade (1976)
Philosopher Fox (1977)
Aspiring Fox (1978)
On Foot, Two Acts and an Epilogue (1979) - Translated by Jacek Laskowski
A Summers Day, Three-Act Play (1984) - Translated by Jacek Laskowski

Bibliography


AUTHOR
Slawomir Mrozek was born in Poland in 1930. He studied architecture and painting, and has worked as a journalist for various Polish newspapers and periodicals. Translations of his works have appeared in almost every European language, and his plays have been performed throughout the world, as well in his native Poland. He continues to write and draw from his home in Krakow.

Slawomir Mrozek has reigned as the preeminent playwright and satirist of Eastern Europe for the past half century. A sharp critic of all oppressive systems during the Cold War, he began his career as a young enthusiast for the new Communist regime in the early 1950s. It didnt take long, however, until he was deemed such a threat that his work was banned not only in his native Poland, but also in all Eastern bloc countries. After the fall of Communism, he returned home from self-imposed exile in the West and was recognized as a major literary figure. This reissue of fourteen plays and ten short stories, along with a sampling of his capricious cartoons, affirms Mrozeks mastery of a wide spectrum of styles, and illustrates the development of his talent over the decades.


REVIEW
\"Mrozek is a masterly storyteller and a sharpshooter with a harpoon.\" - Chicago Tribune

\"Mrozek's brief fables are something like Kafka's stories, but they're funnier.\" - The Spectator

\"Every culture needs to think about language and power. [Mrozek's] plays have a lot to teach us.\" - Margo Jefferson, The New York Times

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780802140661
Publishing status: OS Archived