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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780967889337
ISBN number: 0967889332
Label: The Serbian Classics Press
Manufacturer: The Serbian Classics Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 158
Printing Date: 2004-02
Publishing house: The Serbian Classics Press
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Pavle Maric, an architect, is furious with his wife because she is conducting an affair with Milan Novakovic, his best friend and business partner. Pavle leaves town to think things over. Weeks later, a deformed corpse is found washed up on the banks of the Danube and is identifed to be that of Pavle. The case is judged a suicide. Three years later, Pavle, now 'the deceased,' unexpectedly returns. He discovers that his heirs have not only plundered his estate, but also refuse to recognize him as being 'legally' alive, and they unite to keep him 'dead' to maintain the status quo.
This is the very first English translation of a masterful and darkly comic play that will enter its rightful place as a world classic. The fluid and natural translation lends itself to theatrical production. Comically absurd, filled with existential angst, it was ahead of its time in 1937. At once vaudevillian and modernist, it is distinguished by clever plotting and stinging dialogue. The play stands as a lasting and caustic satire of human greed, strangely consonant with todays society.
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