Overview
En 1972, el joven director de teatro francés Georges Werler fue a ver a Milan Kundera a Praga y a su regreso consiguió, pese a los controles de la frontera, introducir en Francia el manuscrito de su obra de teatro Jacques y su amo. Kundera la había escrito después de la invasión soviética, cuando toda su obra, pasada y futura, había quedado borrada de las letras checoslovacas.
Jacques y su amo relata tres historias de amor que se entrecruzan durante el viaje que emprenden Jacques y su amo: la del amo, la de Jacques y la de Madame de la Pommeraye; tres historias que se entremezclan polifónicamente, donde cada una es, a su vez, variación de la otra, y juntas conforman una comedia sobre los problemas existenciales de la pasión amorosa.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In 1972, the young French theater director Georges Werler visited Milan Kundera in Prague and, upon his return, managed to smuggle the manuscript of Kundera's play Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Denis Diderot into France, despite border controls. Kundera had written it after the Soviet invasion, during a time when all of his past and future works had been erased from Czechoslovak literature.
Jacques and His Master tells three interwoven love stories during the journey undertaken by Jacques and his master: the master's story, Jacques's story, and Madame de la Pommeraye's story. These three narratives intertwine polyphonically, with each being a variation of the others, coming together to form a comedy about the existential dilemmas of romantic passion.
This book title, Jacques y su amo (Obra de teatro) / Jacques and His Master (A Play), ISBN: 9786073924634, by Milan Kundera, Enrique Sordo, published by Planeta Publishing Corp (May 20, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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