Ubu Trump: A Drama in Five Acts in Prose - Couverture souple

Hildyard, Rosanna

 
9781911335931: Ubu Trump: A Drama in Five Acts in Prose
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1911335936 ISBN 13 : 9781911335931
Editeur : Eyewear Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

THE GREATEST EMPIRE IN THE WORLD IS RUN BY A FAT, VAIN MILLIONAIRE. POLITICIANS THROW CHILDISH INSULTS. CORRUPTION IS RIFE. Though ostensibly Surrealist, Alfred Jarry s 1888 play Ubu Roi bears disconcertingly close resemblance to America in 2017. This new version, which brings Ubu to the USA, is a bombastic, irreverent romp through the misadventures of the titular usurper of the White House, with a sharp eye for materialism and political infighting. Slightly Shakespearean, mostly scatological; the ridiculous Ubu Trump is more than a spoof. This satirical translation-palimpsest forms a terrifyingly relevant comment on our world turned upside down.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) was a playwright and one of the most significant French Symbolists. His best-known play, Ubu Roi, heralded the arrival of Surrealism and the Theatre of the Absurd when it appeared in 1888, later inspiring Picasso, Burroughs, Beckett and American encyclopaedia of the avant-garde. Rosanna Hildyard is an editor and writer. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in The Isis Magazine, The Northern Echo, The Evening Press, and in the anthologies Tactical Reading: A Snappy Guide To The Snap General Election, Adrift and Outside Of Me. She used to live in an outer- space themed shopping centre in Montpellier.

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Éditeur
Eyewear Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1911335936
ISBN 13 
9781911335931
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
130
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Personne responsable
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