Drama genre books (82)
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Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos EN
FranceDescription:
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as `diabolical' and `infamous' as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of wor... continue
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Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.
Germany14.
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traoré, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeares doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, ... continue
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Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Years after a prank leaves the only Catholic boy in an elite Jewish school in Porto Alegre terribly injured, one of his classmates revisits that episode, trying to come to terms with his own story, and those of his father and grandfather.
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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
A amizade de infância entre Bentinho e Capitu se torna um forte romance. Forçado a ir para um seminário, lá Bentinho conhece Escobar, que vira seu grande amigo e depois se casa com a amiga de infância de Capitu, chamada Sancha. A proximidade dos quatro amigos instiga a dúvida sobre a natureza da relação que foi construída.
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Drei Kameraden by Erich Maria Remarque DE
Description:
Berlin in den »Goldenen 20ern«: Der Krieg ist vorüber – in den SaIons und Theatern herrscht Lebensfreude, in der Kasse die Inflation und auf der Straße Not und politische Unruhe. Drei junge Kriegskameraden versuchen ein neues Leben aufzubauen...
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Drei Schwestern by Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow DE
RussiaDescription:
Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow: Drei Schwestern. (Tri Sestry) Das 1900 entstandene Schauspiel zeichnet das Leben der drei Schwestern Olga, Mascha und Irina nach, die nach dem Tode des Vaters gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Andrej in der russischen Provinz leben. Natascha, die Frau Andrejs, drängt die Schwestern nach und nach aus dem eigenen Hause. Erstdruck: In: Russkaja mysl', H. 2, Moskau 1901. Hier nach der Übers. v. August Scholz, Berlin: I. Ladyschnikow, [o.J.]. Vollständige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2013. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: ... continue
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Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe DE
Description:
Den store tragedien om alkymisten og filosofen Faust er en av hjørnesteinenei tysk - og europeisk - litteratur. Det sentrale motivet er pakten Faust har inngått med djevelen: Faust skal få hjelp til å nå alle sine mål, men han skal miste sin sjel til det onde dersom han fristes til å holde fast ved øyeblikket og glemmer sin sannhetssøken og streben etter erkjennelse.