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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Death and the King's Horseman
Verlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: XVDN754
EAN: 9780413695505
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Zustellung: Mi, 04.11.2026
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Beschreibung
"The action of the play is as inevitable and eloquent as in Antigone. : a clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issues: a tragedy for each individual, each tribe. " - Daily Telegraph. "This play, by the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, asks: 'On the authority of what gods' the white aliens rupture the world. It puts exciting political theatre back on the agenda. a masterpiece of 20th century drama. " - The Guardian. Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, intervenes. This Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study by Jane Plastow as well as an interview with Wole Soyinka.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Soyinka Wole
Erscheinungsjahr
- 1998
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 160