A Postmodern Allegory: Absurdity in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party
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The birthday party.
They lived here, though, not in my exam room. “Eat!” Bahir commanded when we returned to the living room. It took me 3 servings to realize that clearing the plate indicated that I was still hungry and signaled Junah to heap it with more dumplings and date-and-sesame balls. I finally tried setting it down with a few forkfuls of food remaining, and my hosts nodded with satisfaction. Shortly after...
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عنوان ژورنال: Shanlax International Journal of English
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2320-2645
DOI: 10.34293/english.v9i1.3516