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67th out of 107 books
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34 voters
Lithuania
The story depicts the home of a poor family living in a valley of-LITHUANIA, an agricultural country under Russian rule. When the story opens, a rich stranger arrives in their midst for a nights rest at this poor family, the father not being at home, the mother and the daughter allow him to stay. When asked about her son, the mother tells the stranger that he had run away...more
Paperback, 20 pages
Published
December 1997
by Players Press
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It may be because of my partiality towards Lithuania that I am giving it a four on five rating. Others may or may not love it as much. Some of you might find it a work of plagiarism as it is a LOT like the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son. Others might think it isn't half as good as other plays and might thank the Universe that it was the only play Rupert Brooke ever wrote. However, for me this play holds a special place, primarily because I have grown up on its story. My mother told me the st...more
baru mulai baca setelah baca ulasan singkatnya di majalah. Lalu ternyata saya beruntung karena berkesempatan membaca naskah ini. Well, ini merupakan sebuah potret kemiskinan yang diangkat dari kisah nyata di Lithuania. Hanya karena kedangan tamu misterius yang sangat kaya, mereka sekeluarga pun memutuskan untuk membunuh tamunya demi mengincar uang yang dibawa sang tamu. klimaksnya ialah ketika sang keluarga akhirnya membunuh sang tamu tanpa belas kasihan. Kejutan ada di bagian akhir. cerita yang...more
كئيبه بلا داعى...زى الافلام الهندى القديمه
عامل زي فيلم المجهول بتاع عزت العلايلي و نجلاء فتحي
حزين اوي
حزين اوي
جيدة و ان كانت الي حد ما شبيه بمسرحية سوء تفاهم لأبير كامي في بعض افكارها
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Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which it is alleged prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England."
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