Sam Shepard: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N1Q39OC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 349 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Along the way Winters has shrewdly delineated Shepard’s relations with Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Wim Wenders, and Jessica Lange, the love of his life." Michael Lennon, author of Norman Mailer: A Double Life. One part literary detective story, one part un-put-downable page-turner, Sam Shepard: A Life will serve as the definitive account of one of the 20th century’s most enigmatic, beguiling and beloved figures of the stage, screen and page." Kelly Horan, WBUR radio and co-author of Devotion and Defiance: My Journey in Love, Faith and Politics."Winters has produced an engrossing examination of the enigmatic Sam Shepard in this first major (and unauthorized) biography. Packed with exclusive new details of Shepard's amazing and intriguing life, it's essential reading for fans of this enigmatic playwright, mi
Winters is a veteran journalist, critic, and academic who has made Sam Shepard the focus of his scholarship. In addition to working for The Boston Globe and countless newspapers, Winters's work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, The Providence Journal, Art New England, the Providence Phoenix, Runner's World and Rhode Island Monthly.
Also examined for the first time in-depth are Shepard’s tumultuous relationship with Lange, and his decades–long adherence to the teachings of Russian spiritualist G. Throughout this new biography, Winters gets to the heart of the enigma that is Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work.. Sam Shepard: A Life details his lifelong bouts of insecurity and anxiety, and delves deeply into his relationship with his alcoholic father and his own battle with the bottle. I. "John Winters offers a master class in literary sleuthing, untangling the many lives and unearthing the origin story of America’s foremost Renaissance man of letters, Sam Shepard.
Troubles Doctor Moss I was always curious about Sam Shepard. I had known of his work as a playwright and then, when his acting career began to take off, I thought he wasn’t getting much notoriety, at least in the popular culture, for someone so accomplished in so many different areas.Since then, I’ve especially been interested in his fiction — the short story collections (Motel Chronicles, Cruising Paradise, Great Dream of Heaven, Day out of Days, Hawk Moon) and now his first novel, The One Inside. His fiction is deeply brooding and autobiographical, much like his acting and much like Paris, Texas, maybe his best known m. Abigail said An Insightful Insight into the Life of Our Greatest and Most Complex Playwright! Excellent. I have probably read every play, short story, and book written by Sam Shepard, so this book was a must for me. Winters puts together the complexity of Shepard's life and background, including all the forces that have shaped this astonishingly talented writer's life and work. Shepard is our greatest living playwright, and understanding his life provides brilliant insight into the prolific works he has given us. What a fantastic book!!!. "A Lifenot a bio" according to Amazon Customer. This cannot be considered a true biography and perhaps we'll never get one, given the elusive nature of the subject. But the author relies heavily on Shepard's work as being "autobiographical" as describing his relationship with his Father. The various plays are described in great detail, intended to give insight into Shepard's feelings. OK to a point, but overdone.The latter part of the book is better, describing his long, turbulent relationship with Jessica Lange, but is still reliant on a lot of quotes, rather than anything firsthand. Given that Shepard is such an interesting subject, I was a bit disappointed. If y