{"product_id":"sam-shepard-seven-plays-buried-child-curse-of-the-starving-class-the-tooth-of-crime-la-turista-tongues-savage-love-true-west-paperback","title":"Sam Shepard: Seven Plays: Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, the Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Gilman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003e'Night, Mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable.\"--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Shepard is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than forty-five plays. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection \u003ci\u003eGreat Dream of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has also written the story collection \u003ci\u003eCruising Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, two collections of prose pieces, \u003ci\u003eMotel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHawk Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRolling Thunder Logbook\u003c\/i\u003e, a diary of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Review tour. As an actor he has appeared in more than thirty films, and he received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for his performance in \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e. His screenplay for \u003ci\u003eParis, Texas\u003c\/i\u003e won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and he wrote and directed the film \u003ci\u003eFar North\u003c\/i\u003e in 1988. Shepard's plays, eleven of which have won Obie Awards, include \u003ci\u003eBuried Child, The Late Henry Moss, Simpatico, Curse of the Starving Class, True West, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Fool for Love\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Lie of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a New York Drama Desk Award. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Shepard received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy in 1992, and in 1994 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.24 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335414341997,"sku":"9780553346114","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/L09OQnZSdW9BYUVTZyt5ZnNmeXR1UT09.webp?v=1778897007","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/sam-shepard-seven-plays-buried-child-curse-of-the-starving-class-the-tooth-of-crime-la-turista-tongues-savage-love-true-west-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}