The Elephant

Name: The Elephant
Author: Slawomir Mrozek

by Slawomir Mrozek

Absurdist play presenting elephant in zoo as symbol of state repression

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Slawomir Mrozek

Polish satirist whose fiction and plays exposed the absurdities of communist Poland with savage wit. His short stories, collected in The Elephant, are miniature masterpieces of political fable.

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