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Essays

Hardback

Main Details

Title Essays
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Wallace Shawn
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 139
Category/GenreLiterary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9781608460021
ClassificationsDewey:824.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Haymarket Books
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publication Date 15 October 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

A collection of beautiful essays in which Wallace Shawn takes readers on a revelatory journey where the personal and the political become one. Shawn often focuses on contradictions, even when unpleasant, and finds humour in the political and personal challenges of everyday life. AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 2009.

Author Biography

Wallace Shawn is an Obie Award-winning playwright and a noted stage and screen actor. His plays The Designated Mourner and The Fever have recently been produced as films, and his translation of Threepenny Opera was recently performed on Broadway. He is co-author of My Dinner with Andre, and the author of The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, among other works.