Drama genre books (58)


31.

Milkman by Anna Burns EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
THERE WERE 'OUR SHOPS' AND 'THEIR SHOPS'. PLACENAMES. WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT TO. WHAT PRAYERS YOU SAID...YOU CREATED A POLITICAL STATEMENT EVERYWHERE YOU WENT, AND WITH EVERYTHING YOU DID, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO... In Northern Ireland, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'. The last thing she ever wanted to be... continue

32.

Miss Sara Sampson by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Ein Gasthof in England. Der Vater von Miss Sara reist mit seinem Diener Waitwell an. Der Plan: Er holt Sara zurück und versöhnt sich. Dass er zuvor ihren Liebhaber nicht akzeptiert hat, kam nicht gut an. Es gilt nun zu retten, was zu retten ist - will er sonst etwa im Alter alleine sein? Sara ist derweil auf dem Weg nach Frankreich, um dort ihren Geliebten zu heiraten - der hadert mittlerweile und verzögert die Ausreise. Wird das ein gutes Ende nehmen? Es handelt sich um ein Trauerspiel, nicht etwa ein Lustspiel... Gröls-Verlag (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)


34.

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Kuwait flag Kuwait
Description:
Palestine, 1948. A mother clutches her six-month-old son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, her son is snatched from her arms and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever. Forced into a refugee camp in Jenin and exiled from the ancient village that is their lifeblood, the family struggles to rebuild their world. Their stories unfold through the eyes of the youngest sibling, Amal, the daughter born in the camp who will eventually find herself alone in the United States; the eldest son who loses everything in the struggle for freedom; the stole... continue

35.

Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modem stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht s most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling ( Mother Courage ), an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe s religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and ... continue

36.

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder by Bertolt Brecht DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg. »Was eine Aufführung von Mutter Courage«, schrieb Brecht einmal, »hauptsächlich zeigen soll: Daß die großen Geschäfte in den Kriegen nicht von den kleinen Leuten gemacht werden. Daß der Krieg, der eine Fortführung der Geschäfte mit anderen Mitteln ist, die menschlichen Tugenden tödlich macht, auch für ihre Besitzer. Daß er darum bekämpft werden muß.«




40.

O Peso Do Passaro Morto by Aline Bei PT

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
A vida de uma mulher, dos 8 aos 52, desde as singelezas cotidianas até as tragédias que persistem, uma geração após a outra. Um livro denso e leve, violento e poético. É assim O peso do pássaro morto, romance de estreia de Aline Bei, onde acompanhamos uma mulher que, com todas as forças, tenta não coincidir apenas com a dor de que é feita.