In this pioneering volume, Robert Skloot brings together four plays—three of which are published here for the first time—that fearlessly explore the face of modern genocide. The scripts deal with the destruction of four targeted populations: Armenians in Lorne Shirinian’s Exile in the Cradle, Cambodians in Catherine Filloux’s Silence of God, Bosnian Muslims in Kitty Felde’s A Patch of Earth, and Rwandan Tutsis in Erik Ehn’s Maria Kizito. Taken together, these four plays erase the boundaries of theatrical realism to present stories that probe the actions of the perpetrators and the suffering of their victims. A major artistic contribution to the study of the history and effects of genocide, this collection carries on the important journey toward understanding the terror and trauma to which the modern world has so often been witness.

在这本开创性的书中，Robert Skloot汇集了四部剧本--其中三部是第一次在这里出版，它们无畏地探讨了现代种族灭绝的面貌。这些剧本涉及到对四个目标人群的毁灭。Lorne Shirinian的《摇篮里的流亡》中的亚美尼亚人，Catherine Filloux的《上帝的沉默》中的柬埔寨人，Kitty Felde的《一片土地》中的波斯尼亚穆斯林，以及Erik Ehn的《Maria Kizito》中的卢旺达图西人。总的来说，这四部剧抹去了戏剧现实主义的界限，展示了探究犯罪者的行为和受害者的痛苦的故事。作为对研究种族灭绝的历史和影响的重大艺术贡献，这本集子延续了理解现代世界经常目睹的恐怖和创伤的重要旅程。