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The good woman of Setzuan by Sławomir Mrożek is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Slawomir Mrozek has reigned as the pre-eminent playwright and satirist of Eastern Europe for the past half-century. A sharp critic of all oppressive systems during the Cold War, he began his career as a young enthusiast for the new Communist regime in the early 1950s. It didnt take long, however, until he was deemed such a threat that his work was banned not only in his native Poland, but also in all Eastern bloc countries. After the fall of Communism, he returned home from self imposed exile in the West and was recognized as a major literary figure. This reissue of fourteen plays and ten short stories, along with a sampling of his capricious cartoons, affirms Mrozeks mastery of a wide spectrum of styles, and illustrates the development of his talent over the decades. From the vantage point of the twenty-first century, Mroeks questioning of authority, his razor-sharp sense of the comic, and his spirit of contradiction seem as fresh, and as relevant, as ever.

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Author

Sławomir Mrożek

Publisher

Grove Press

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802140661

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.14 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13