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Trilogia balcanică: Migraaaanți sau Prea suntem mulți în aceeași barcă

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„Piesele reunite în acest volum au în comun cel puţin un lucru: sunt hrănite toate patru, în mod abundent, din materia pe care o tratez zilnic în calitate de jurnalist, dar şi din angoasele acestei meserii.
Este limpede că în adâncul meu, după 25 de ani de jurnalism, s-a produs o scindare profundă. Jurnalistul care locuieşte în mine a devenit cam pesimist şi îşi spune că umanitatea a deraiat, că omul rămâne profund iraţional, că progresul are chip de himeră şi că marea specialitate a omenirii este aceea de a repeta sistematic greşelile trecutului (eventual cu accente din ce în ce mai grave). Scriitorul din mine continuă însă să creadă în om, în capacitatea sa de a construi edificii morale luminoase, în puterea sa de a-şi depăşi limitele şi de a se ridica spre civilizaţie, în capacitatea sa de a-şi conştientiza contradicţiile şi de a ieşi învingător din lupta cu el însuşi. Iată deci cum trăiesc cei doi în adâncul meu, două personaje de fapt, poate două măşti (nu este teatrul simbolizat de o mască tristă şi de una veselă?).
Poate oare teatrul să contribuie la înţelegea unor astfel de evenimente care pregătesc profilul economic, etnic şi cultural al secolului următor? Personal sunt convins că literatura ne poate oferi răspunsuri mult mai nuanţate decât toate celelalte discipline ale spiritului când vine vorba despre enigma numită om.“ (Matei VIŞNIEC)

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2016

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Matei Vişniec

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From an early age, Matei Vişniec discovered literature as a space dedicated to freedom. He draws his strengths from Kafka, Dostoevsky, Poe, Lautréamont. He loves the Surrealists, the Dadaists, absurd and grotesque theatre, surrealist poetry, fantastic literature, magical realism, even the realist Anglo-Saxon theatre. He loves everything except Socialist Realism.

Vişniec studied philosophy at Bucharest University and became an active member of the so-called Eighties Generation, who left a clear stamp on the Romanian literature. He believes in cultural resistance, and in literature’s capacity to demolish totalitarianism. Above all, Matei Vişniec believes that theatre and poetry can denounce manipulation through "great ideas", as well as brainwashing through ideology.

Before 1987 Matei Vişniec had made a name for himself in Romania by his clear, lucid, bitter poetry. Starting with 1977, he wrote drama; the plays were much circulated in the literary milieus but were barred from staging. In September 1987, Vişniec left Romania for France, where he was granted political asylum. He started writing in French and began working for Radio France Internationale. At the present time, Vişniec has had many of his works staged in France, and some twenty of his plays written in French are published (Actes Sud-Papier, L'Harmattan, Lansman). His plays have been staged in more than 20 countries. In Romania, after the fall of Communism, Matei Vişniec has become one of the most frequently performed authors.

The work of Matei Vişniec has been represented in London by the performance "The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War", staged at the Young Vic Theatre, in November 2000. The play received rave reviews in the British newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian. "The Story of the Panda Bears told by a Saxophonist who has a Girlfriend in Frankfurt" has been performed at the Edinburgh Festival (August 2005). The production is by Rouge28 Theatre, London.
In Unites States, the work of Matei Vişniec has been represented in New York, Chicago, New Jersey and Hollywood.

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December 31, 2024
Am încheiat anul în mod glorios cu splendoarea asta. Am râs, am plâns, mi-am muşcat limba, am deschis ochii…şi am dansat în stil balcanic :)

Clar ăsta e doar începutul meu cu Matei Vişniec şi cred că a fost cel mai potrivit să îl amân până la vârsta asta! 🤞🏻
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116 reviews
December 31, 2017
The author finds a novel way of presenting the war from Yugoslavia in the early 90's and ending with the migrants crisis from 2015 with the social, political, psychological and geographical implications: dramatic plays.
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November 2, 2019
Teatrul poate cu siguranța transpune mult mai bine ca reportajele dramele si absurdul războaielor.
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