Sam Shepard: Seven Plays - Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West (Paperback, New ed)


Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best.
"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today."--"The New Yorker"
"The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society."--"New York Magazine"
"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and a half from the works of Sam Shepard."--"Time
"
"Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage."--Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of "'Night, Mother.
"
"One of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple with the demonic forces in the American landscape."--"Newsweek"
"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable."--"Esquire"
"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright."--"The New Republic"

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Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best.
"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today."--"The New Yorker"
"The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society."--"New York Magazine"
"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and a half from the works of Sam Shepard."--"Time
"
"Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage."--Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of "'Night, Mother.
"
"One of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple with the demonic forces in the American landscape."--"Newsweek"
"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable."--"Esquire"
"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright."--"The New Republic"

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Dial Press Inc.,U.S.

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 1984

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

May 1984

Authors

Introduction by

Dimensions

198 x 129 x 26mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

336

Edition

New ed

ISBN-13

978-0-553-34611-4

Barcode

9780553346114

Categories

LSN

0-553-34611-3



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