Interpreters
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
When two interpreters — one Soviet, one British — find themselves caught between the ideological fault lines of the Cold War, language itself becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. Ronald Harwood's Interpreters is a taut, cerebral stage play set against the backdrop of a high-stakes diplomatic summit, where the act of translation masks a deeper struggle for loyalty, identity, and truth. The tension crackles with wit and precision as the two protagonists navigate the treacherous no-man's-land between East and West, their words carrying the weight of nations. Harwood, best known for The Dresser, brings his characteristic psychological acuity to this two-hander, stripping away the grand theatre of geopolitics to expose the intensely human drama beneath. The play argues that communication — far from being a neutral act — is always a form of power, and that those who translate for empires are themselves translated by them. A masterwork of Cold War drama, Interpreters leaves the reader — and the audience — questioning whose voice is ever truly their own.
Author: Ronald Harwood
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
When two interpreters — one Soviet, one British — find themselves caught between the ideological fault lines of the Cold War, language itself becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. Ronald Harwood's Interpreters is a taut, cerebral stage play set against the backdrop of a high-stakes diplomatic summit, where the act of translation masks a deeper struggle for loyalty, identity, and truth. The tension crackles with wit and precision as the two protagonists navigate the treacherous no-man's-land between East and West, their words carrying the weight of nations. Harwood, best known for The Dresser, brings his characteristic psychological acuity to this two-hander, stripping away the grand theatre of geopolitics to expose the intensely human drama beneath. The play argues that communication — far from being a neutral act — is always a form of power, and that those who translate for empires are themselves translated by them. A masterwork of Cold War drama, Interpreters leaves the reader — and the audience — questioning whose voice is ever truly their own.