On the Royal Road: The Burgher King

by Elfriede Jelinek

Book Overview

Carefully perched somewhere between tragedy and grotesque, high-pitched and squeamish, Jelinek's play, On the Royal Road, brings into focus the phenomenon of right-wing populism, which spreads like a virus and has a lasting effect on global politics.

Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek is known as a writer who works in response to contemporary crises and cultural phenomena. Perhaps none of her works display that quality as clearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803092300
• ISBN13: 9781803092300
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"