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3 1 Metafizyka Dwugłowego Cielęcia Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf Stanislaw Witkiewicz , 1928 ( trans. Koukou Chanska et. al. )agent with title La métaphysique d'un veau à deux têtes : pièce tropico-australienne en trois actes ) Paris : Gallimard , 1969 7356072 1928 single work drama
— Appears in: Tropical Madness : Four Plays 1972; (p. 173-235)
— Appears in: Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf 2002; (p. 61-104)

'Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf, set in New Guinea and Australia, pits savage European imperialists against a native tribal chieftain whose fetish of a great golden frog offers greater insight into the mystery of existence than the Westerners' shallow rationalism.' - cover note, Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf
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