Walpurgis Night, or the Steps of the Commander (Paperback)

The first major English translation of a masterful seriocomic theatrical work by one of the most prominent writers of the Soviet epoch Walpurgis Night, by acclaimed Russian writer Venedikt Erofeev, is considered a classic in the playwright's homeland. Erofeev's dark and funny five-act satire of Soviet repression has been called the comic high-water mark of the Brezhnev era. Walpurgis Night dramatizes the outrageous trials of Lev Isakovich Gurevich, an alcoholic half-Jewish dissident poet confined by the state to a hospital for the insane. In "Ward 3"-a microcosm of repressive Soviet society-Gurevich deploys his brilliant wit and ingenuity to bedevil his jailers, defend his fellow inmates, protest his incarceration, and generally create mayhem, which ultimately leads to a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	Venedikt Erofeev
Translators:	Marian Schwartz
Dimensions:	197 x 127 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-15986-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-300-15986-2
Barcode:	9780300159868

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