Alain Saint Saëns: Wagon. The Jump.

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Dr.Alain Saint-Saëns is a poet, a playwright, a literary critic, a novelist, and a translator. As a playwright, he recently authored La prisionera (2021); Ña Celestina (2021); Artigas (2017); Soledad. Vida y muerte de una poeta (2016); Romeo y Julieta en el Marzo Paraguayo (2016); Pecados de mi pueblo (2013); and, Ordeal at the Superdome (2010). He is considered as 'the Father of the Paraguayan Theater's Renaissance', a dign successor of great Luis Ruffinelli.His books of poetry are: Cantos paraguayos. Poemas de libertad (2009); France, terre lointaine. Poèmes de l'errance (2011); Curuguaty. Poema lírico (2012); Infancias bajos los lapachos (2014), recently translated into English by American poet Tracy K. Lewis, Childhood Under Lapacho Trees (2018); El Banquete de Tonatiuh. Poema lírico (2015); Un coin de France (2016); Juan Pablo II peregrino de las almas (2018); and, A Bahia de todas as gaivotas (2021). His three published novels are Hijos de la Patria (2015); Dos viudas y un huracán (2016); and, Aisha, princesse de Sfax (2021). A true gentleman farmer, Alain Saint-Saëns lives happily with his dear wife Lourdes and his two sons Zinedine and Jeremy in Paraguay, Latin America.

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'The Wagon, a three-act drama by playwright Alain Saint-Saëns, is a theatrical contribution to the well-known theme of the “Shoah,” the Jewish genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. Its novelty lies not so much in the drama’s style, but in the temporary location of the dramatic action, just before a group of Jews arrive by train at Auschwitz concentration camp, which allows the anticipation of the outcome. Thus, the tragic end that awaits descendants of Abraham, known by every reader, is presented surprisingly before, being the executor one of their own, which puts the reader in the presence of an anticipated catharsis of the Hobbesian horror of which is capable human nature: man is a predator to man.' Borja Javier Ormazábal Hernández (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain).