Popular European Satire Books

Find satire books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (22)

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The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Theatre program.

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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, "Waiting for Godot" has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius. . . . "Waiting for Godot" is one of the masterpieces of the century." The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own conscio... continue