{"product_id":"9780870819032","title":"Antonio Buero-Vallejo: Four Tragedies of Conscience (1949-1999)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis masterful translation of four tragedies by Antonio Buero-Vallejo (1916 -2000), Spain 's most important dramatist since the 1930s, will allow English-speaking audiences to experience the most deeply moving and intellectually rich works of one of the twentieth-century 's great authors. Patricia W. O'Connor complements vivid translations with generous supporting materials, including a reader-friendly introduction to the playwright's life and work, commentaries on the plays, and photographs of productions and playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuero-Vallejo's emblematic first play, \u003ci\u003eStory of a Stairway\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), chronicling decades in the lives of struggling Madrid families, catapulted the young author into prominence. Appearing here for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eBefore Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e (1953) is a whodunit and the riveting odyssey of one woman 's search for truth that recalls Greek tragedy. \u003ci\u003eThe Basement Window\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), an Orwellian science-fiction experiment, portrays the moral climate of the late twentieth century as judged by ethically enlightened researchers of a distant future. In the first English translation of the author's poignantly relevant final play, \u003ci\u003eMission to the Deserted Village\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), a wartime attempt to save an El Greco painting raises questions about how much of its own treasure a culture will destroy to keep it out of enemy hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who know Buero-Vallejo's plays will celebrate O'Connor 's sparkling translations. Those who haven't yet read Buero-Vallejo will find a very moving introduction in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Colorado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018845569264,"sku":"9780870819032","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870819032_p0.jpg?v=1763838629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870819032","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}