Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire and Freedom AUTHOR: Anne Szumigalski ISBN: 092183375X 96 PAGES $14.95 CDN $12.95 US WINNER OF THE SASKATCHEWAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST FOR THE MANITOBA BOOK DESIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD ABOUT THE BOOK: Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire and Freedom is an astonishing first stage play by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning poet Anne Szumigalski which explores the relationship between captive and captor and the terrible sacrifices human beings must make to survive. When the concentration camps were opened at the end of World War II, Anne Szumigalski worked with the survivors as a translator for the British Red Cross. “It made me look at life,” she says, “in a completely different way.” In Z, Szumigalski translates that profound and disturbing experience into an amazing theatrical event—a blend of drama, poetry and dance.   REVIEWS: “Recurring images…create an almost hypnotic effect. Z succeeds through its poetry and its insight into the hearts of characters.” — NeWest Review “Some terribly haunting word-pictures…and a brilliantly drawn relationship between Itzak and his guard, Horst.” — Saskatoon Star-Phoenix