{"product_id":"9788495291677","title":"The Magician","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA play that explores the boundaries between reality and suggestion, stemming from a hypnotic experience. Juan Mayorga, one of the most significant contemporary playwrights, constructs a brief and intense piece where an apparently innocent magic act triggers a profound transformation in the protagonist. The reader will find a theatrical text that delves into the fragility of identity and the power of fiction to reconfigure reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe action takes place inside a house. Nadia returns from the theater and finds her husband and daughter preparing dinner. During the performance, Nadia participated in a hypnosis session led by an unknown magician, who seemed awkward and harmless. In the trance, the Magician made her fly over the city rooftops. What initially seems like a parlor game turns unsettling: Nadia has returned transformed. The play unfolds within the domestic space, where the extraordinary breaks into everyday life and challenges the characters' certainties. Mayorga draws on a personal anecdote—he himself volunteered for a hypnosis experiment and was rejected—to construct a fiction that examines how suggestion can alter the perception of oneself and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMain Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eIdentity and its fragility in the face of suggestion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eThe transformative power of fiction and theater.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eThe relationship between the real and the imagined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eFamily dynamics in the face of the extraordinary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eControl and the loss of control over one's own experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in contemporary theater, especially short plays with high symbolic density. Also for those seeking texts that explore the limits of perception and the construction of reality from a literary perspective. It is suitable for both performing arts students and theater enthusiasts who value precision of language and suggestion over explicit action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eA reading experience that invites you to question the border between the real and the suggested.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eAn example of contemporary theatrical writing with a precise and evocative use of language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eA short play that can be read in a single sitting, yet leaves open questions about identity and memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eA text that works both for individual reading and for stage performance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003eThe possibility to delve into the creative universe of one of the most awarded playwrights on the current scene.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical Data\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mayorga Ruano, Juan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ediciones La Uña Rota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eTopic:\u003c\/strong\u003e PLAYS, THEATRICAL TEXTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e LIBROS ROBADOS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA theatrical piece that condenses the central obsessions of Juan Mayorga into a few pages: the power of fiction, the vulnerability of identity, and the tension between the domestic and the extraordinary. The play is especially attractive to those who seek a theater of ideas, where the conflict unfolds from a minimal situation that is nonetheless charged with consequences. Its brevity and closed structure make it an accessible read, without sacrificing the depth that characterizes the author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EDICIONES LA UÑA ROTA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407432245595,"sku":"9788495291677","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978849529167.jpg?v=1781855651","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788495291677","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}