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In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman, returns to the impoverished town of her youth with a dreadful bargain: in exchange for returning the town to prosperity through her vast wealth, she wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her.
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The Visit, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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- Released
- 1973
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- Title
- The Visit
- Subtitle
- A Tragi-comedy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1973
- Pages
- 109
- ISBN10
- 0224009141
- ISBN13
- 9780224009140
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, German Literature, Classics, Murders, School, Theatre Plays, Swiss Literature, Absurd drama, Neighborhood Relations
- First published
- 1956
- Original title
- Der Besuch der alten Dame
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman, returns to the impoverished town of her youth with a dreadful bargain: in exchange for returning the town to prosperity through her vast wealth, she wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her.