The Investigation: Oratorio in 11 Cantos - Brossura

Weiss, Peter; Gross, Alexander

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0714503010 ISBN 13: 9780714503011

Casa editrice: Marion Boyars, 1964

Riassunto

The Investigation is a dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, based on the actual evidence given. This testimony, concerning Auschwitz and the atrocities which were enacted there, has been edited and extracted by Peter Weiss into a dramatic document that relies solely and completely on the facts for its effectiveness.

There is no artistic license, no manipulation of facts and figures, no rearrangement of events for theatrical effect. Nameless witnesses stand and recall their appalling memories of Auschwitz, allowing us to bear witness to their painful and painstaking search for truth and, ultimately, justice. What emerges is a chastening and purging documentary of deeply moving power.

Peter Weiss was born in 1916 and settled in Sweden before the outbreak of World War II. Apart from his writing, he was also well known as a painter, theatrical and operatic director, and a film maker. His magnificent play Marat/Sade, which is also available from Marion Boyars Publishers, established his reputation among English-speakling audiences as a revolutionary dramatist, and has continued to be a bestselling classic. He died in 1982.

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Peter Weiss was born in 1916 and settled in Sweden before the outbreak of World War II. Apart from his writing, he was also well known as a painter, theatrical and operatic director as well as a film maker. He died in 1982. His magnificent play, the Marat-Sade, established his reputation among English-speaking audiences as a revolutionary dramatist.

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Book by Peter Weiss

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• Editore: Marion Boyars
• Data di pubblicazione: 1964
• ISBN 10: 0714503010
• ISBN 13: 9780714503011
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 206