José Agustín

Vicious Circle

A Play

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Peering into the labyrinth of Mexico's justice system in the 1970s, Vicious Circle could have been written yesterday. Mexican playwright José Agustín skillfully integrates enduring themes relevant in contemporary Mexico-drugs, crime, and corruption-to weave together an unenviable prisoner's dilemma for four young hippies who find themselves between the rock and hard place that was Mexico's unforgiving Lecumberri prison, where Agustín found his inspiration. Exceptionally translated in the parlance of a heady time, this adaptation will find welcoming audience among English speakers fascinated by the counter-culture era that gave birth to the modern day war on drugs."David A. Shirk, University of San Diego, CA"Eric W. Vogt's translation of José Agustín's Círculo vicioso is a masterpiece. The bilingual format and superb glossary facilitate serious study for translators and interpreters who work with the language of the underworld in Spanish and English."Elena R. Rojas, Newport Beach, CA"Serious reading of this play could foster productive cross-border discussions among professionals in the criminal justice systems of the US and Mexico."Hon.Judge Runston Maino, San Diego, CA

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bookmundo
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 11mm x 170mm x 240mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9789403638263
• Artikelnr.: 70369527

Autorenporträt

José Agustín is a Mexican playwright and novelist. He won the National Prize in Literature in 1993 and the National Prize in Arts and Sciences in 2011. He was a member of the so-called Onda literature in Mexico. He wrote Círculo vicioso (Vicious Circle) in 1974.Recently retired Eric W. Vogt was a Professor of Spanish at Seattle Pacific University, USA, from 2001 til 2017. He is a specialist of Spanish Golden Age Drama, Poetry, and Translation. His bilingual edition of The Complete Poetry of Teresa of Avila was published in 1996 by University Press of the South and reedited in 2015 and 2021.