{"product_id":"the-tragedy-of-man-by-imre-madach","title":"'The Tragedy of Man' by Imre Madách (Hardback)","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"412\"\u003eA Hungarian epic drama that moves through history as if it were a stage set.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"703\"\u003eBanned over and over again, this work was originally written in 1860, only recently translated to English. \u003cem data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eThe Tragedy of Man\u003c\/em\u003e follows Adam, Eve and Lucifer as they travel across eras — ancient Egypt, Athens, Rome, the French Revolution, industrial London, even speculative futures — testing the promise of progress. Each historical moment presents a new ideal and its collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"1011\"\u003eThe structure is closer to Goethe’s \u003cem data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"748\"\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e than to a conventional play. Madách uses spectacle and dialogue to ask whether humanity advances or merely rearranges its illusions. Lucifer is the  skeptic; Adam is hope repeatedly bruised but not extinguished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eFor readers interested in Central European literature, philosophical drama, or nineteenth-century works that feel uncannily contemporary in their doubts about progress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44271159476307,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-24T141510.368.png?v=1774322139","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-tragedy-of-man-by-imre-madach","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}