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Commieland - Couverture souple

Strand, John

 
9781937247058: Commieland
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1937247058 ISBN 13 : 9781937247058
Editeur : Kiwai Media Incorporated, 2013

Synopsis

Josef Stalin lives! The ruthless Soviet dictator is back from the dead. At his side, Lenin, Trotsky, Rasputin, even the doomed Czar Nicholas. What is it they want? To sing. To dance. To delight the visitors to Commieland, the popular but aging amusement park in rural Pennsylvania. “Escape from the Gulag.” “Battle of Stalingrad Laser Tag.” “KGB Interrogation Centre and Gift Shop.” “The Collective Petting Farm.” And of course “The Commieland Musical-Historical Revue,” performed three times daily. But times are tough. Attendance is down. In this first decade of the 21st century, many Americans are not quite sure what Communism is. Or was. Or why they should care, anyway. When the corporate owners arrive to shut down the park, the actors playing the infamous Commie characters have only one chance to save the park and their jobs. Revolution! "Communism—the musical! The Russian Revolution was never like this—or was it? Po-Mo satirical slapstick with a heart. Read it and weep—or read it and laugh, according to whether you feel or think. One thing is sure: with Commieland, John Strand has created a comi-tragic tour de force!" —Thomas E. Kennedy, author of The Copenhagen Quartet

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À propos de l'auteur

John Strand is playwright in residence at Arena Stage, The Mead Center for American Theater, Washington, DC, and a winner of the Charles MacArthur Award for play writing. He is the author, most recently, of "The Originalist" as well as "Otabenga," "Lovers and Executioners," "Three Nights in Tehran," "Tom Walker," "The Highest Yellow," "Lincolnesque," "Hat! A Vaudeville," and an adaptation of Alfred de Musset’s "Lorenzaccio." "Commieland" is his first novel.

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Éditeur
Kiwai Media Incorporated
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1937247058
ISBN 13 
9781937247058
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
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