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Hands Around (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)
by Arthur Schnitzler (Author)
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Theatrical classic, filmed by famed director Max Ophüls as La Ronde, unfolds in a series of 10 interlinked scenes between 2 people who are about to make love. One of the lovers in each scene returns to partner a different lover in the next, until the encounters come full circle.


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Product Details
  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (October 3, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486287246
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486287249
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 customer reviews (4 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The dance of lust, May 23, 2001
By Michael J. Mazza (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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Arthur Schnitzler's play "Hands Around" was first published in 1897, but (according to the brief prefatory note in the Dover edition), its controversial nature prevented it from being performed until 1920. The Dover edition contains an English translation of the play.

"Hands Around" is a cycle of ten dialogues, each of which is linked to the previous and following dialogue through one or the other speaker. Thus, "The Girl of the Streets and the Soldier" is followed by "The Soldier and the Parlor-Maid," which is in turn followed by "The Parlor-Maid and the Young Man," etc. The couple in each dialogue is about to have, or has just had, a sexual encounter.

Through his characters, the Vienna-born Schnitzler holds up a harsh mirror to the dishonesty, hypocrisy, and loneliness of life. There are some passages of truly dark cynicism. Consider this statement of "the Count" to "the Actress": "Happiness? There really is no such thing as happiness. All the things that people talk about most, don't exist... for instance, love."

Schnitzler paints a rather bleak portrait of human nature. His characters' disturbing inner lives are ironically complemented by surroundings that are either sadly shabby or elegantly decadent. Overall, "Hands Around" is a fascinating, if uneven, work of European theater.

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