Ebook {Epub PDF} Sam Shepard: A Life by John J. Winters

Sam Shepard: A Life gets to the heart of Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work. In a new epilogue, added by the author after Shepard's untimely death in July of , John J. Winters offers a glimpse into the enigmatic author's last days, when very few knew he was suffering from bltadwin.ru: Counterpoint LLC. Sam Shepard: A Life. by. John J. Winters. · Rating details · ratings · 19 reviews. With more than fifty-five plays to his credit—including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Buried Child—an Oscar nod for his portrayal of Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff, and an onscreen persona that’s been aptly summed up as “Gary Cooper in denim,” Sam Shepard’s impact on American theater and film ranks with the /5.  · Sam Shepard occupies a slightly schizophrenic position in American culture. He is one of the most important playwrights of the last half-century, .

"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." —Kelly Horan, coauthor of Devotion and DefianceWith more than fifty-five plays to his credit—inc. JOHN J. WINTERS is a veteran journalist, critic, and academic who has made Sam Shepard the focus of his bltadwin.ru addition to working for the Boston Globe and countless newspapers, Winters written for Playboy, Salon, The Providence Journal, Art New England, Providence Phoenix, Runner's World, and Rhode Island bltadwin.ru is a regular contributor of reviews and commentary to Boston's. The joys of Shepard's life are mediated by the mundanities. Needing money, getting bored, feeling self-conscious. His obsession with fate and heredity run through the book. Maybe bookending his life as well. A drunk father making his young life hell. A drunk Sam making his late life hell.

Sam Shepard: A Life gets to the heart of Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work. In a new epilogue, added by the author after Shepard's untimely death in July of , John J. Winters offers a glimpse into the enigmatic author's last days, when very few knew he was suffering from ALS. Sam Shepard occupies a slightly schizophrenic position in American culture. He is one of the most important playwrights of the last half-century, savagely deconstructing the American zeitgeist in. 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!!!.