""Cruz divides the essence of A BICYCLE COUNTRY into the four elements of life-earth, water, fire, wind. A BICYCLE COUNTRY is like an impressionist painting in words. It tells a rather simple story in a language that sails across all horizons." -Miami Herald. "In Nilo Cruz's play A BICYCLE COUNTRY, Ines dreams about wearing her best scarf when she steps off the raft in Florida. It's a deluded dream, but sweet image culled from ordinary life. She's so full of exuberance and hope yet living in a prison of a country where want frustrates hope at every turn." -Oregonian.

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