A Particle of Dread
$31.14
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2017
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Buried Child—an extraordinary modern-day interpretation of Oedipus Rex.
In A Particle of Dread, Sam Shepard takes one of the most famous plays in history, Oedipus Rex, and transforms it into a modern American classic. In this telling, Oedipus, King of Thebes, prophesized to kill his father and marry his mother, alternates between his classical identity and that of contemporary “Otto.” His wife (and true moth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781101974391 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1101974397 |
| Author: | Sam Shepard |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“Compelling… . Filter[s] the Greek myth through the unsettling, maverick mind of Shepard’s open-road Southwest.” —Newsday
“Pure Shepard… . A noir thriller with touches of Grand Guignol gore and a sprinkling of surreal humor.” —The New York Post
“Steeped in blood and horror and passion… . There are poetic passages that can chill and excite.” —The Huffington Post
About The Author
Sam Shepard
SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and two works of prose fiction. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection Great Dream of Heaven. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017.
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