The Broken Pitcher - Opening

Scene 1

Adam, seated, is bandaging his leg. Link enters.
LINK: Ay, what the devil! What a sight you look!
What happened to you, Adam? What befell?
ADAM: Well, look. All it takes to stumble is a pair
Of feet. The floor itself is flat -- or no?
Still, here I stumbled. For each man bears,
Within himself, his own stumbling block.
LINK: Oh, come now, friend. You say that each man [bears ...?


(Translated by Jon Swan)

1982
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Introduction 1982 by Walter Hinderer
Foreword 1982 by E. L. Doctrow

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