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The Execution

Translated by: David Lobdell

The Execution is Marie-Claire Blais’s only play for the stage. Set in a boarding school, it tells the story of two schoolboys who plot the murder of one of their classmates and enact the crime. As a play, it is a study of innocence, evil and complicity, themes well-known to readers of Blais’s fiction.

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David Lobdell

David Lobdell is a Canadian translator of Québec fiction and is especially known for his translation of Dürer’s Angel by Marie-Claire Blais.

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“A brilliant play about the maturation of evil.”
— CHQM


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The Execution is Marie-Claire Blais’s only play for the stage. Set in a boarding school, it tells the story of two schoolboys who plot the murder of one of their classmates and enact the crime. As a play, it is a study of innocence, evil and complicity, themes well-known to readers of Blais’s fiction.

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Dimensions:

104 Pages
8.5in * 216mm * 5.5in * 140mm * 0.3125in8mm
149gr
5.375oz

Published:

January 01, 1976

City of Publication:

Vancouver

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Talonbooks

ISBN:

9780889221031

9780889229648 – EPUB

Book Subjects:

DRAMA / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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