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Drama General

Vanek Plays, The

Four Authors, One Character

edited by Marketa Goetz-Stankiewic

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774802673
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $25.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774802802
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $44.00

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Out of print

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Description

Eight powerful contemporary Czech plays along with four illuminating commentaries by their authors are presented in this volume. The plays are unusual in that all share the same protagonist, the 'dissident' writer, Ferdinand Vanek. In Czechoslovakia, these plays can only circulate in faded, dog-eared typescripts. These clandestine 'unbooks' have become a vital force in current Czech literature. It is especially gratifying, therefore, to present the Vanek plays in a book which will endure.

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Editorial Reviews

The editor's circumspect introduction informs the reader not only about the individual authors but also about the individual plays which form a surprising and remarkable whole ... The translations of the plays are uniformly good, some are excellent.
- Zdenka Brodska, Prameny

Documents one strange and Kafkaesque aspect of contemporary Czech drama.
- Joseph Skvorecky