by Josep Maria Benet Jornet · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429723762
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«El manuscrit d'Alí Bei» is the play by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (128 pages, in Catalan).
The play interweaves the lives of three characters called Ell: a sick playwright writing about the East, a bank employee convalescing in Barcelona in 1823, and Alí Bei, expelled from Morocco, who seeks Atlantis, his ideal country. A letter and a manuscript of doubtful existence connect their stories.
First edition in the El Galliner. L'Escorpí/Teatre collection (number 90), with a prologue by Enric Gallén. Winner of the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Teatre i arts escèniques 1986.
A work for readers of contemporary Catalan theatre and adventure stories with a historical backdrop.
