Summary
The Island’s Echo: Secrets Across the Ocean
On a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic, secrets lie buried deep within the earth and the hearts of its inhabitants. When the outside world arrives, driven by political and economic ambitions, the islanders find their secluded world shattered from within and without. “Further Than The Furthest Thing” is a poignant and evocative story, capturing the beauty and sorrow of a civilization facing a profound crisis.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571205448 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571205445 |
| Author: | Zinnie Harris |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 125mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Zinnie Harris
Zinnie Harris’s plays include the multi-award-winning Further than the Furthest Thing (National Theatre/Tron Theatre; winner of the 1999 Peggy Ramsay Award, 2001 John Whiting Award, Edinburgh Fringe First Award), How to Hold Your Breath (Royal Court Theatre; joint winner of the Berwin Lee Award), The Wheel (National Theatre of Scotland; joint winner of the 2011 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award), Nightingale and Chase (Royal Court Theatre), Midwinter, Solstice (both RSC), Fall (Traverse Theatre/RSC), By Many Wounds (Hampstead Theatre) and the trilogy This Restless House (Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland), based on Aeschylus’ Oresteia. Also, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House for the Donmar Warehouse, Strindberg’s Miss Julie for the National Theatre of Scotland and Webster’s The Duchess (of Malfi) (Royal Lyceum Theatre). Zinnie received an Arts Foundation Fellowship for playwriting, and was Writer in Residence at the RSC, 2000-2001. She is Professor of Playwriting and Screenwriting at St Andrews University, and was the Associate Director at the Traverse Theatre from 2015-2018.
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