The Comedienne (Paperback)

The Comedienne draws on Nobel Prize winner, Wladyslav Reymont's, own experiences as an actor in a struggling provincial theatre at the fin de siecle, at time of massive social upheaval in Europe. Reymont depicts, in a slow burning tragedy, a young provincial Janina, the comedienne of the title, who joins a Warsaw theatre company and struggles toward what was then a very modern notion of personal freedom. A Comedienne also played drama and tragedy and the word in Polish had some connotation of a deceiver. As such, the title in Reymont s day would have implied a somewhat darker novel that we might unwittingly expect today. This edition has been completely re-edited and includes over 500 amendments, corrections and new translations to the orignal text. The introduction by Marianna Rychlowska includes; - Biographical details of the author - Historical context of the book - Literary notes - Historical review of early theatre in Poland - Theatre reportage by Henryk Sienkiewicz These unique insights provide the contemporary reader with much of the commonly understood historical context that was assumed of the original audience.

General

Imprint:	Skomlin
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Translators:	Edmund Obecny
Introduction by:	Marianna Rychlowska
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-9871532-4-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-9871532-4-2
Barcode:	9780987153241

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