Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions)
Book Details
Author(s)
Alfred Jarry
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN / ASIN
0486426874
ISBN-13
9780486426877
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Sales Rank
#613,510
Marketplace
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Description
A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque.
