Crooked - Couverture souple

Trieschmann, Catherine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0573663858 ISBN 13 : 9780573663857

Editeur : Samuel French, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Dramatic Comedy / 3f Fourteen year old Laney arrives in Oxford, Mississippi with a twisted back, a mother in crisis and a burning desire to be writer. When she befriends Maribel Purdy, a fervent believer in the power of Jesus Christ to save her from the humiliations of high school, Laney embarks on a hilarious spiritual and sexual journey that challenges her mother's secular worldview and threatens to tear their fragile relationship apart. "The work of a big accomplished writer's voice...a gem

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Coming-of-age drama with sideways glance at evangelical and Sapphic love

'I mean, the fact that Jesus chose to turn the water into wine, rather than just decontaminating it, proves that drinking alcohol is not a sin.'

Fourteen-year-old Laney arrives in Oxford, Mississippi, an outsider with a twisted back and only her writing to keep her company. When she befriends the hapless born-again Maribel, Laney's penchant for story-telling soon spirals out of control. A hilarious chain of events is set in motion, sparking a spiritual and sexual journey that infuriates her mother and threatens to tear their fragile world apart.

A gloriously sideways glance at evangelical and Sapphic love way down south, Crooked premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, 3 May 2006.

'a work of warped loveliness, directed with exquisite delicacy and acted with tenderness and wit . . . Gorgeous almost beyond belief.' Times

'a play of immense psychological shrewdness' Guardian

'delicious satirical naughtiness' Independent on Sunday

Biographie de l'auteur

Catherine Trieschmann is a graduate of the University of Georgia where for her master's thesis she w rote the play The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock. Three other original works - the full-length play Befo re the Fire, set in 17th century London, and two short plays, Black Water Delta and Art in Heaven -have been performed at New York City's Fringe Festival, Boston's New Theatre, and the University of North Carolina, among other venues. An earlier version of Crooked premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Samuel French, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0573663858
• ISBN 13: 9780573663857
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Universal Music Group; communications@umusic.com; https://www.universalmusic.com/; ; s-Gravelandseweg 80; 1217 EW; Hilversum; Netherlands; Pays-Bas