Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802130822ISBN:0802130828
Description: Very Good. Some highlights along with curling on corner's edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780802140746ISBN:0802140742
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Evergreen Black Cat Ed., Revis, 3p
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Heel of spine edge lightly bumped, price marked out on front cover, former owner's address stamp inked out on front endpage. "Complete and Unabridged English Version" 126 pages. read more
Edition: 10th printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. some wear to cover; stamps, stickers and library marks; RTB700. 126 p. illus. 21 cm. Evergreen original, E-372. Includes Illustrations. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1987
ISBN-13:9780802130822ISBN:0802130828
Description: Mass Market paperback, later printing, Near Fine to Fine/pictorial wraps; trace of age browning to insides, otherwise, an unread (new) book in excellent condition 12mo., 126 pages., read more
Description: NEW/pb. First Grove trade paperback edition with original Intro, notes, and appendix by Eric Bentley. No marks or wear. 1991, Grove trade aperback, 1st printing, 126 pp. ISBN 0802130828 read more
"Powerful play - and it's great to read the Penguin Classics Edition with Brecht's notes on how he staged each scene. Set during the Thirty Years War, yet written the first month WWII began, its message is as relevant today: beware of our addiction to the business of war. For with it, the best of society will be consumed."
"I read this play and then saw it performed in a theater production. I think this is an amazing play about a woman during war times (the 30 year war) who was willing to do anything for her children. She fought, lied, cheated and stole whatever was possible to survive.
The one thing I remember about seeing this preformed that I wasn't a fan of was the cursing. It felt like every other line a swear word was thrown in. Sometimes swearing is just swearing and isn't always needed for dramatic effect.
The plot of the story was well written and could probably be relatable to anyone who has children (especially a mother) and the ending was slightly bittersweet. (I don't want to give it away, so read it)."
"I remember it capturing well the confusion, hopelessness, stubbornness and irony of war. Bertholt Brecht chose the setting of the play to occur in the 1620's - 30's, during the Thirty Year War. This war, one of the most devastating and heinous to take place in Europe, substantially reduced the total population. If my memory serves me correct, (and someone please correct me here if I am wrong) I believe the death toll, including some of the ensuing plagues, was an astounding 50-70 percent of the German population.
Because this war was fought over religion, the author's distrust and disdain for the topic is not only clear but also easy to understand. As a communist supporter, he wrote this play in response to World War II. Although Brecht, a staunch atheist, and I hold different opinions concerning belief, I do empathize with his underlying grief concerning the senselessness, tragedy and loss of humanity during the Thirty Year War and war in general. The sense of appall, to which the ending appeals and produces within the reader/audience member, is well executed. It skillfully leaves its participant to grapple with the sinking question, "Has Germany, humanity -- have we -- truly learned nothing from all this?"
It has been a minute since I last read this book. Honestly, I should probably read it again. I do suggest that if you are able to understand German, to read this in the original language because the various nuances of speech, so seamlessly employed in this particular writing, are easily lost in translation."
"Healthily challenging, intensely sad. I was lost at first, wondering whether I even cared. By the end, my heart was broken and my brain-gears working overtime. Highly recommended. One of the best plays I've read."
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