The Voyage to the Sonorous Land or the Art of Asking

[Das Spiel vom Fragen oder Die Reise Zum Sonoren Land]
Year: 
1989
Public: 
Publisher: 
Yale University Press
City: 
Yale
Year of publication: 
1996
Pages: 
142
Moral assessment: 
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
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Vulgar or obscene language: 
Ideas that contradict Church teaching: 
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

The Voyage to the Sonorous Land or the Art of Asking, is a theatrical play with the following characters: One who looks from the wall, A spoiler, A young actor, A young actress, An old man, An old woman, Parsifal (or an Idiot),and an indigenous/native in different personalities. The actors formulate their reflections and ask themselves varied questions that somehow point to the meaning of their lives, of society, of human relations, of nature ... In general, the tone of the work is fiery and passionate, without a clear sense of what is intended to be asked or answered, it is as if there were no answers because the right question is not found to get out of the vital maze, which they do not desire to leave. In a way, it reflects a weary world without too much sense. There are some reflections of interest, also religious reflections, with some quotation from Sacred Scripture, but it is not known very well what the author wants with this work, or at least, this reader has not found it.

Author: José Ignacio Peláez Albendea, Spain
Update on: Jan 2020