Fiction | Theaterstück
Charges (The Supplicants)
Elfriede Jelinek
In “Charges (The Supplicants)”, Nobel Prize-winning writer Elfriede Jelinek analyses the plight of refugees, from ancient times to the present, and responds to the immeasurable suffering among those fleeing death, destruction and political suppression in their home countries. Drawing on sources as diverse in time and intent as up-to-the-minute blog posts and Aeschylus’ play “The Supplicants”, Jelinek asks what refugees need and how we as a society view them. In a world where insecurity seems to spread by the day, “Charges” is a timely account of how we treat those who come to us in need.
German original title
German
Reinbek, Rowohlt Verlag 2013
592 pages