Performance text responds to Trump’s second election victory, suggesting new implications for political discourse.
This performance text is Elfriede Jelinek’s instant response on the day of the announcement of Trump’s second election victory. It was conceived during his campaign as a coda to her response to Trump’s fi rst victory, titled On the Royal Road–The Burgher King , also translated by Gitta Honegger and published in 2020 by Seagull Books.
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