Der Besuch Der Alten Dame - Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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A collection of annotated contemporary French literary classics in an accessible format. The complete French text is accompanied by an extensive glossary of difficult words and phrases in English. Each book comes with a critical introduction which examines the themes and structures of the book. Suitable for intermediate-advanced learners.

Product Description

Der Besuch der alten Dame is perhaps Friedrich Dürrenmatts most successful play in terms of critical acclaim and box office success. Millionairess Clara Zachanassian is the old lady of the title who returns to her native village, nursing an ancient grudge against her former lover, Ill. She offers the people of Güllen a billion in return for his life. This is rejected by them, but gradually economic necessity takes over. People start buying new shoes when they could not afford them before. New buildings start to appear. Ill realises that he is doomed, and accepts this with dignity. Dürrenmatt makes good use of the stage effects available to him clichés of advertising, slapstick, burlesque comedy and, to close the play, a parody of Sophoclean chorus. Language is used with great skill to help produce alienation.

The book is reprinted in a new format as part of the Routledge Foreign Literature Classics series.

  • Language

    German

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Book Binding

    Paperback

  • Book Dimensions

    12.8 x 19.2 cm

  • Book Format

    Unabridged

  • Book Genre

    Fiction

  • Book ISBN

    9780415051408

  • Book Page Count

    240

  • Book Publication Date

    1st October 1961

  • Book Publisher

    Routledge

  • Catalogue Ref

    TF015-1

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