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Synopsis
Stories by the master playwright, as well as selections from an actor's diary and dialogues.
| Size | | Length: | 239 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Such sad, unsentimental tales capture not only the dissonances of familial life, but also the fundamental loneliness of the human condition, the same themes explored with such ferocity and lyricism in Mr. Shepard's work for the theater. 'Cruising Paradise' serves as both a welcome companion piece to his plays and a kind of map to the writer's mind."
New York Times - Michiko Kakutani (05/17/1996)
"There is nothing pretty about Mr. Shepard's supposed paradise: here people wrestle with their demons and, more often than not, the demons win."
New York Times Book Review - Kathryn Shattuck (06/23/1996)
"'Cruising Paradise' by Sam Shepard is a book of 'tales,' a genre that seems more inclusive, oral, and ancient than the contemporary short story. It is a book full of great and varied narrative pleasures. Some of the pieces are beautifully constructed, fully realized short stories, while others are short bursts of dialogue, meditations, diary entries, letters, monologues, phone calls, and plaints. Still others seem like myth and lore gleaned from old texts or barrooms. All are strong voice pieces--no surprise from a major playwright."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Michelle Huneven (07/28/1996)
"...'Cruising Paradise' makes a virtue of [Shepard's] preference for fragments, subtly turning its 40-odd pieces--apparently the decanted contents of a notebook--into a loosely-structured suite."
Literary Review - John Dugdale (11/19/1996)
"[Shepard's] first fiction explores many of the same themes as his best plays: the relations of fathers and sons, the transition to manhood, the lure of the open road, the endless skies out west, loneliness, and the silences that punctuate everyday life."
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