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- EditoreNick Hern Books
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 184842552X
- ISBN 13 9781848425521
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine80
- Valutazione libreria
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Wit (NHB Modern Plays)
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Nick Hern Books, United Kingdom, London
(2016)
ISBN 10: 184842552X
ISBN 13: 9781848425521
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A celebrated but exacting professor of metaphysical poetry, Vivian Bearing has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. It seems her life is nearing its final chapter. As she submits herself to an experimental treatment, Vivian approaches her illness with the same uncompromising rigour she brings to bear on the sonnets of John Donne. And through it all she comes to reassess her life and her work with profundity and a moving wry humour. Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit was first performed in 1995. It was revived at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2016, with Julie Hesmondhalgh. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR009765250
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