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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857427784
• ISBN13: 9780857427786
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.6"