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Will - Couverture rigide

Rush, Christopher

 
9781590200971: Will
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1590200977 ISBN 13 : 9781590200971
Editeur : Overlook Books, 2008

Synopsis

The story the Bard writing his will??a bonanza? (Independent) for Shakespeare fans and a future feature film starring Sir Ben Kingsley

March 1616: William Shakespeare is dying, with his lawyer at his bedside. It is time to dictate his will. But how can a man put his affairs in order before he?s come to terms with his past? Acclaimed poet, novelist, and Shakespeare professor Christopher Rush has created an utterly irresistible figure whose voice rings true across 400 years?irrepressible, bawdy, witty, and wise, his every word steeped in the situations and phrases of his own plays.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The story the Bard writing his will??a bonanza? ( Independent) for Shakespeare fans and a future feature film starring Sir Ben Kingsley

March 1616: William Shakespeare is dying, with his lawyer at his bedside. It is time to dictate his will. But how can a man put his affairs in order before he?s come to terms with his past? Acclaimed poet, novelist, and Shakespeare professor Christopher Rush has created an utterly irresistible figure whose voice rings true across 400 years?irrepressible, bawdy, witty, and wise, his every word steeped in the situations and phrases of his own plays.

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher Rush was born in St Monans and taught literature for thirty years a teacher of literature in Edinburgh. His books include A Twelvemonth and a Day and the highly acclaimed To Travel Hopefully. A Twelvemonth and a Day served as inspiration for the film Venus Peter, released in 1989. The story was also reworked by Rush in a simplified version in 1992 as a children's picture book, Venus Peter Saves the Whale, illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick, which won the Friends of the Earth 1993 Earthworm Award for the book published that year that would most help children to enjoy and care for the Earth.

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Éditeur
Overlook Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1590200977
ISBN 13 
9781590200971
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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