Theatre
Tăgăduința lui Petru
Not translated into English
Benjamin Fondane · 1918
Synopsis
A dramatic poem made up of a long monologue by Peter, at the moment when Jesus appears before the high priest Caiaphas, according to the notice of the Paris libraries. The text rewrites, according to Vera Gajiu, a Gospel narrative, the one the title names: Peter, who had sworn not to abandon his master, is called upon, on the night of the arrest, to say whether he knows him.
Context
The book, its author's first, appeared in Iași in 1918 with a note on symbolism, according to Gheorghe Irimiuc, who points out its full reprint in the 1980 Minerva edition. Vera Gajiu dates it to 1917 and places it among the rewritings of the Gospel. It appeared in French only in 2010, translated by Odile Serre following other texts the author had written in France, with an afterword by Monique Jutrin.
Who it is for
A short dramatic monologue, to be read with knowledge of the Gospel scene; translated into French in 2010.
Prizes and reception
For the Cartier publishing house in Chișinău, this book of biblical inspiration is the author's first published work.
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