The Card Index And Other Plays
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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A landmark collection of avant-garde drama from one of Poland's most celebrated postwar playwrights, The Card Index and Other Plays presents a series of works that shatter conventional theatrical form to confront the psychological and moral wreckage left in the wake of World War II. The title play chronicles the fragmented existence of a passive, nameless Hero who lies in bed as figures from his past and present invade his space, illustrating the impossibility of constructing a coherent identity in a world stripped of meaning. Różewicz's tone is simultaneously absurdist and deeply mournful, wielding dark humor and disjointed dialogue as instruments of philosophical inquiry rather than mere theatrical effect. The collection argues, with quiet but devastating force, that traditional dramatic structure — with its neat causality and heroic arcs — is itself a lie incompatible with the modern human condition. Essential reading for students of European theatre, existentialism, and the Theatre of the Absurd, these plays stand as a profound testament to literature's power to bear witness to historical trauma.
Author: Tadeusz Rozewicz
Format: Paperback
Published: 1970, Grove Press
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark collection of avant-garde drama from one of Poland's most celebrated postwar playwrights, The Card Index and Other Plays presents a series of works that shatter conventional theatrical form to confront the psychological and moral wreckage left in the wake of World War II. The title play chronicles the fragmented existence of a passive, nameless Hero who lies in bed as figures from his past and present invade his space, illustrating the impossibility of constructing a coherent identity in a world stripped of meaning. Różewicz's tone is simultaneously absurdist and deeply mournful, wielding dark humor and disjointed dialogue as instruments of philosophical inquiry rather than mere theatrical effect. The collection argues, with quiet but devastating force, that traditional dramatic structure — with its neat causality and heroic arcs — is itself a lie incompatible with the modern human condition. Essential reading for students of European theatre, existentialism, and the Theatre of the Absurd, these plays stand as a profound testament to literature's power to bear witness to historical trauma.