The Mrozek Reader

S3awomir Mro ek has reigned as the pre-eminent playwright and satirist of Eastern Europe for the past half-century. A sharp critic of all oppressive systems during the Cold War, he began his career as a young enthusiast for the new Communist regime in the early 1950s. It didn't take long, however, until he was deemed such a threat that his work was banned not only in his native Poland, but also in all Eastern bloc countries. After the fall of Communism, he returned home from self imposed exile in the West and was recognized as a major literary figure. This reissue of fourteen plays and ten short stories, along with a sampling of his capricious cartoons, affirms Mro ek's mastery of a wide spectrum of styles, and illustrates the development of his talent over the decades. From the vantage point of the twenty-first century, Mro ek's questioning of authority, his razor-sharp sense of the comic, and his spirit of contradiction seem as fresh, and as relevant, as ever.


Author: Slawomir Mrozek
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 04/26/2004
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.12lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.34w x 1.55d
ISBN13: 9780802140661
ISBN10: 0802140661
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | General
- Drama | Anthologies (multiple authors)