by Friedrich Dürrenmatt · Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257230475
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«Die Physiker» is the two-act comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published by Diogenes Verlag in paperback (95 pages, in German).
Nuclear physicist Möbius, discoverer of a dangerous formula, pretends to be mad and receive visions from King Solomon to hide his finding in a mental sanatorium. Two secret agents disguised as patients watch him. Dürrenmatt ironically criticises scientific responsibility and the use of knowledge in the nuclear age.
Work originally published in 1962; the author revised it in the 1980 Neufassung. This edition is volume 7 of the Diogenes Werkausgabe, in the detebe collection (no. 23047).
Classic of Swiss literature and common school reading, for those seeking theatre of ideas with ethical and political undertones.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten.
