O cierpieniu zwierząt. Thriller moralny czy zagadka metafizyczna?
Animal Suffering. A Moral Thriller or a Metaphysical Riddle?

Summary/Abstract: A review of The Valley, a play directed by Agnieszka Olsten (the Contemporary Theatre in Wrocław, prem: 9 III 2013) and based on Olga Tokarczuk’s novel Drive Your Plough over the Bones of the Dead. Świerkosz opines that the play is a not a reconstruction of the appeal contained in Tokarczuk’s “moral thriller” that humans should rethink their relationship with animals, but instead an attempt to implement this appeal using the means at a theatre’s disposal. It worked out this way due to three dogs being invited to appear in the production. However, in Świerkosz’ view, the language in the production comes too close to sounding like a superficial manifesto, thus squandering the opportunity to make the most of the critical potential and tension-filled atmosphere of the novel.

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