Essays

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Essays
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wallace Shawn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:186
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 133
ISBN/Barcode 9781608460960
ClassificationsDewey:814.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Haymarket Books
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publication Date 4 November 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

With his distinctive brand of humour and insight, acclaimed playwright and beloved actor Wallace Shawn takes his readers on a revelatory journey through high art, war, culture, politics and privilege with his first non-fiction collection, which received immense critical acclaim when published in hardback in 2009. 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.

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, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors, among other works.