Von Horvath: Plays One: Sladek; A Sexual Congress
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Includes the plays Sladek and A Sexual Congress plus an introduction by Penny Black
Set in the inter-war period of raging inflation in Germany, these two plays portray the losers in what von Horvath called 'the gigantic battle between the individual and society'. In Sladek, Black's version being the first to be published in English, we see how social conditions lead people to desperate action and violence, opening the road for dictators and fascists.
Writtenjust as the Nazis came to power, A Sexual Congress predicts with frightening accuracy the cycle of violence that was to spread throughout Europe.
Author: OEdoen von Horvath
Format: Paperback, 120 pages, 130mm x 210mm
Published: 2000, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: Encyclopedias & General Reference
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Includes the plays Sladek and A Sexual Congress plus an introduction by Penny Black
Set in the inter-war period of raging inflation in Germany, these two plays portray the losers in what von Horvath called 'the gigantic battle between the individual and society'. In Sladek, Black's version being the first to be published in English, we see how social conditions lead people to desperate action and violence, opening the road for dictators and fascists.
Writtenjust as the Nazis came to power, A Sexual Congress predicts with frightening accuracy the cycle of violence that was to spread throughout Europe.
Von Horvath: Plays One: Sladek; A Sexual Congress