by Friedrich Dürrenmatt · Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257208351
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«Der Besuch der alten Dame» is the tragicomedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published by Diogenes in paperback (152 pages, in German).
The multimillionaire Claire Zachanassian returns to her hometown of Güllen and offers her neighbors a large sum of money in exchange for punishing the man who abandoned her. The proposal corrupts the community and raises a conflict between morality and economic interest, in a play that mixes comedy and tragedy.
Premiered in Zurich in 1956; won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1959. It is part of volume 5 of Dürrenmatt's Werkausgabe.
Common reading in educational institutions and a reference work for European theatre and twentieth-century German literature.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten.
