Cousins and the Death of Papa - Couverture souple

Foote, Horton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802131522 ISBN 13 : 9780802131522

Editeur : Grove Press, 1994

Synopsis

"A family is a remarkable thing, isn't it? You belong. And then you don't. It passes you by. Unless you start a family of your own."

The last two plays of Horton Foote's Orphans' Home Cycle both expand and contract the circle of a family that unifies all nine of the plays. In Cousins, an operation on Horace Robedaux's mother reunites, in person and in memory, the many Robedaux relatives (one of whom speaks the lines quoted above), and in the almost comic proliferation of cousins that results, the orphaned Horace is joined across time and space to a family that seems never to end.

The Death of Papa returns the cycle to its origins, with the death of Horace's father-in-law. Far from ending the story, however, Papa's death regenerates the complexity of families and their survival, as his son bravely but foolishly tries to assume control of the land that supports his family's life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Foote is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, an Emmy, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802131522
• ISBN 13: 9780802131522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194
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