Night Train To Bolina
by Nilo Cruz
Synopsis
THE STORY: The play is set in Latin America in the mid-eighties, in an unidentified country, during the guerilla warfare.
Threatened by starvation and abuse, two children flee their rural village for the city.
Dancing on a fine line between innoc
Press Reviews
"BOLINA, the place where lost kites go to die, is an imaginary country where two peasant children, Mateo and Clara, spin out fantasies to counter the poverty and abuse of their wretched lives. Their bond is complex: sexually charged yet profoundly innocent. The children are unaware of consequences, Mateo lives only for Clara, and she for him. Cruz, a wonderful writer, draws their interwoven souls in language that's simple and poetic without being pretentious."
— Mercury News
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Night Train To Bolina is a American play written by Nilo Cruz and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, NY (2004).
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Dramatists Play Service · 2004 · 72 pp
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