Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof - Couverture souple

Solomon, Alisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250058708 ISBN 13 : 9781250058706

Editeur : Picador USA, 2014

Synopsis

In the half-century since its premiere, Fiddler on the Roof has become a supremely potent cultural landmark, beloved by audiences the world over. Now, in a history as captivating as its subject, award-winning drama critic Alisa Solomon traces how and why the story of Tevye the milkman, the creation of the great Yiddish writer Sholem-Aleichem, was reborn as blockbuster entertainment and a cultural touchstone, not only for Jews and not only in America.

It is first a story of the theater, as Solomon follows Tevye from his humble appearance on the New York Yiddish stage, through his adoption by leftist dramatists as a symbol of oppression, to his Broadway debut and his starring role in a major Hollywood picture. And it is a cultural story, of a show that spoke to the deepest conflicts and desires the world over: the fraying of tradition, generational tension, the loss of roots. Entertaining and original, Wonder of Wonders reveals the profound legacy of a show about tradition that itself became a tradition.

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À propos de l'auteur

ASALI SOLOMON was born and raised in Philadelphia. Get Down, her first book, earned her a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. In 2007, she was named one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35. She teaches English at Haverford College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250058708
• ISBN 13: 9781250058706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Picador; https://www.panmacmillan.com/picador; ; Units 1 & 2 Chater Court; Market Deeping; Lincs; PE6 8AH; Royaume-Uni
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