内容简介
Great play that introduced the word "robot" into English looks to a future in which all workers are automatons. Their revolt when they acquire souls (i.e., when they gain the ability to hate) and the resulting catastrophe make for a powerful and deeply moving theatrical experience. "It is murderous social satire, done in terms of the most hair-raising melodrama."--Alexander Woolcott. "As awe-inspiring as anything we have ever seen in the theatre."--Heywood Broun. Paul Selver translation.
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Review
aA great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.a (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Review
“A great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.” (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
作者简介
Karel ŠCapek (1890–1938) was the leading Czech playwright, novelist, and columnist between the wars. He is best known for R. U. R. and his novel, War with the Newts. Ivan Klíma is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist whose work was long suppressed under Communism.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
| 出版社 | Dover Publications Inc. |
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| 作者 | Karel Capek |