- Readers, German language, German drama, German
An elderly millionairesse returns to her home town and turns what has been a depressed area into a boom town. Soon the townspeople realize they have become enmeshed in her vengeful plot: murder.
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Contemporary, spare, prestige and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 109
- Publisher
- Methuen Educational, Verlag der Arche, Arche
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9782278045297
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