Author : Marco Antonio de la Parra
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Theatre of Marco Antonio de la Parra by : Marco Antonio de la Parra
Download or read book The Theatre of Marco Antonio de la Parra written by Marco Antonio de la Parra and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology offers five of the best known plays by Chilean author Marco Antonio de la Parra in translation: The Raw, The Cooked, and The Rotten (1978), Secret Obscenities (1984), Every Young Woman's Desire (1986), King Kong Palace (1990), and Dostoevski Goes to the Beach (1990). Accompanying the translations are six essays by scholars in the field of Latin American theatre who offer keen insights into the complex world of the playwright/novelist/psychiatrist de la Parra. The translations and essays explore the author's theatre written during the darkest days of the Pinochet regime as well as those of his self-proclaimed «post-Pinochet» era.