by Friedrich Dürrenmatt · Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257230451
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«Der Besuch der alten Dame» is the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published by Diogenes Verlag in paperback (155 pages, in German).
Claire Zachanassian, a billionaire, returns to her impoverished town of Güllen after many years. She offers the inhabitants a large sum of money in exchange for the death of Alfred Ill, the man who abandoned and dishonored her in her youth. The play mixes comedy and tragedy to show how greed and revenge corrupt an entire community.
Play originally published in 1956; this German edition corresponds to the 1980 Neufassung and is part of the Diogenes Taschenbuch collection (no. 23045).
For German learners and readers of twentieth-century classical theater interested in Swiss 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.
