Da Capo: Selected Writings 1967-2004 - Couverture rigide

Bissinger, Tom

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 143630167X ISBN 13 : 9781436301671

Editeur : Xlibris, 2008

Synopsis

Da Capo est une collection d"histoires, pièces de théâtre, poèmes et journaux dans lesquels Tom Bissinger prend son monde, que ce soit en lisant Shakespeare à une femme aveugle, observant trois dramaturges se disputant de manière comique pour se détruire carrière au milieu de l"agitation d"une épicerie coréenne, ou méditer sur son père dans une piscine de Sao Paulo. En partie autobiographie, en partie en histoire, en partie explorations poétiques du monde des rêves, et en partie satire sociale, Bissinger transmet la théâtralité de l"existence dite ordinaire en tirant sa vie vers lui, avide des pépites de joie et de sens, la possédant finalement dans une prose originale et audacieuse. Il relève le défi de rester éveillé dans un monde troublé et violent, tout en répondant à son désir de rêverie et de révélation.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Tom Bissinger grew up in San Francisco, attended Phillips Academy and Stanford University, and after military service moved to New York, where in the 1960's he directed plays Off and Off-Off Broadway as well as in theatres throughout the U.S. and in Europe. He began writing plays and short fiction in the 1970's. After traveling around the world for nine months with his wife and two year old son in 1977, he moved to Knauertown, Pennsylvania. He has held a variety of jobs in teaching, publishing and performing, including the formation of Big Game Theatre Company in 2003. He recently directed the world premiere of Worse Than Murder: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in Los Angeles. He has published three books of poetry, one book of short stories, and a memoir. His eleven plays have been performed in theatres in Philadelphia and elsewhere.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Da Capo is a collection of stories, plays, poems and journals in which Tom Bissinger takes on his world, whether reading Shakespeare to a blind bag lady, observing three playwrights comically vying to destroy each other's career amidst the bustle of a Korean deli, or meditating on his father in a Sao Paulo swimming pool. Part autobiography, part story telling, part poetic explorations of dream world, and part social satire, Bissinger conveys the theatricality of so called 'ordinary existence' by pulling his life towards him, hungering for the nuggets of mirth and meaning, ultimately owning it in original, daring prose. He takes on the challenge of staying awake in a troubled, violent world, while addressing his yearning for reverie and revelation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 143630167X
• ISBN 13: 9781436301671
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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