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title: "The Visit: A Tragicomedy"
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# English language, accessible globally Paperback binding for easy portability Published 2010, modern classic revival The Visit: A Tragicomedy

**Price:** SAR 108
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## Summary

> 📖 Dive into a Cold War masterpiece that everyone’s talking about!

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- **What is this?** The Visit: A Tragicomedy
- **How much does it cost?** SAR 108 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated by Readers:** Join 279 readers who gave it a stellar 4.6-star rating—don’t miss out on the buzz.
- • **Published by Grove Press:** From a trusted publisher known for groundbreaking literary works.
- • **Portable Paperback Format:** Lightweight and easy to carry—perfect for your daily commute or coffee break reading.
- • **Timeless Cold War Classic:** Experience Dürrenmatt’s sharp wit and profound insight, rivaling Beckett and Sartre.
- • **Critically Acclaimed Translation:** Enjoy a masterful English translation that preserves the play’s original brilliance.

## Overview

The Visit: A Tragicomedy is a 2010 paperback edition of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s celebrated play, translated into English and published by Grove Press. Renowned for its sharp Cold War-era commentary, this edition offers a portable, critically acclaimed version of a literary classic with a strong 4.6-star reader rating.

## Description

Friedrich Dürrenmatt is considered one of the most significant playwrights of our time. During the years of the Cold War, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in European letters. In this ALTA National Translatio

Review: Great Translation - Fascinating brilliant play…
Review: very good - Very good service and price. Delivery was on time and in perfect state. Definitely to recommend and to use in the future

## Features

- Binding: paperback
- Language: english
- Manufacturer: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Brand: Grove Press
- Publication date: 2010-10-05T00:00:01Z

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 279 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Translation
*by J***. on 18 January 2025*

Fascinating brilliant play…

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ very good
*by M***O on 18 June 2013*

Very good service and price. Delivery was on time and in perfect state. Definitely to recommend and to use in the future

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All Aboard
*by P***C on 29 October 2013*

As dark as the theme of this play is, what would a whole society sacrifice for the sake of saving itself from poverty, despair and ultimate ruin, the story is hilarious. Durrenmatt is a bloody genius for cooking up this scheme, full of crazy characters with names rhyming with oby, some blind, some not, thugs, kooks, a prostitute turned billionairess leading lady with a peg leg and a penchant for husbands (9) and revenge (bigtime), numerous trains coming and going but never really stopping, and sad old Alfred Ill who set everything in motion many years ago, by doing his pregnant girlfriend wrong, really wrong. What really surprised me about The Visit was how close the slow falling apart of a small town in the playwright's time of fifty years ago or longer, echoes what's happening in Maritime towns of Canada right now. How far will we go to survive? Are we willing to sell our souls for a billion bucks? Read The Visit and find out, or better yet talk some director into rolling this steam engine of a play unto a stage near you. You won't be disappointed.

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