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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, Humor, Love, Women, German Literature, Classics, Theater, Murders, 20th century, School, Theatre Plays, Spain, Revenge, Satire, Interpersonal Relationships, Ethics, Corruption, Tragedy, Operas and Operettas, Swiss Literature, Political Satire, Greek, Human Nature, Absurd drama, Neighborhood Relations, Monologues
- 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.