{"product_id":"annele-balthasar-anne-marie-de-grazia-9781603771016","title":"Annele Balthasar","description":"First performed in 1924, \u003ci\u003eAnnele Balthasar \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetic drama set in the time of the witch hunts which raged in Europe for two centuries. Nathan Katz (1892-1981), the author, is considered to be \"the most original Alsatian poet since the Middle-Ages.\" This book contains translations in English and in German of the play, as well as the original text in Alemannic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere were never more \"witches\" burned than in the time of Descartes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacob Rogozinski \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eANNELE\u003cbr\u003eSeven judges sit at court... years pass by... years are gone... Seven skulls rot underground... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003eYou must answer what you are asked!... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eANNELE\u003cbr\u003eBut I am but a poor maiden from Willer... And now you want to hurt me... with you rough hands! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003eWhen did the Evil Spirit come to you? Now, answer! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eANNELE\u003cbr\u003eHe came to the little window... Don't be so wild, you bad boy... what if you break a windowpane... what then!\u003cbr\u003eBut don't be so wild, I say!... - You've stolen a little carnation from the windowsill!... Oh, you're so sly, you!... You only wanted to make me come outside, to scold after you!... I knew it! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003eYou went sometimes to the witches' dance? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eANNELE\u003cbr\u003eI had no more peace, day or night!... He screamed for me! He whinnied above the barn roofs! He has torn apart trees! I was lying so warm under the bedcover!... I was awake... when he sometimes whispered sweet things from outside, as if a breeze were going through a thicket of peonie stalks!... I heard him the whole night! I cried in my pillows!... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003eYou have gone with them onto the Fuchsberg! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eANNELE\u003cbr\u003eJuchu! Juchu!! We rode through the night... out through the chimney... on the broomstick! Like the wind! Juchu!... Riding over the churchyards... over the woods, over the villages! - - At Old Ferrette, we have danced around the gallows! As fast as the wind! Just like the wind! - - Isn't that a merrymaking, my sweetheart, my betrothed... Haha! Over the woods, over the dells, over the dark villages, all over!... Naked we danced under the pines! The little owls were shrieking for us... The dogs whined... After that, someone died in the village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Marie de Grazia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603771018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603771016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metron Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Anne Marie de Grazia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442433208575,"sku":"9781603771016","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8cfaa3d-9130-453b-88d8-18bc214b8589.jpg?v=1777197379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/annele-balthasar-anne-marie-de-grazia-9781603771016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}