Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer called "a triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension" ( "The Sunday Times" ), Wallace Shawn's new play, "The Designated Mourner," is a masterful drama about the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. The three characters include the eponymous designated mourner, Jack; his wife, Judy; and his erudite father-in-law, Howard. Although Judy is tied to her famous father by a passionate bond, she is nonetheless drawn toward Jack, whose taste in cultural forms ...
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Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer called "a triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension" ( "The Sunday Times" ), Wallace Shawn's new play, "The Designated Mourner," is a masterful drama about the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. The three characters include the eponymous designated mourner, Jack; his wife, Judy; and his erudite father-in-law, Howard. Although Judy is tied to her famous father by a passionate bond, she is nonetheless drawn toward Jack, whose taste in cultural forms follows a disturbing path. When Jack abandons both Judy and Howard, he continues his riveting societal free-fall into a world of gleeful savagery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 7x5x0; Minor wear & light soiling to binding. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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VG in VG- jacket. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; some small creases/chips/closed tears at edges; some yellowing. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 103 pages.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Acclaimed Actor, Playwright and Author Wallace Shawn, in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 103 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight and clean copy that has never been read. American First Edition-First Printing. Signed and dated, on the Title page, by Acclaimed Actor, Playwright, and Author Wallace Shawn, in person, at an Author event in Brooklyn, New York on April 16, 2019. "The Designated Mourner" is Wallace Shawn's play which is a masterful drama about the self, politics, and the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer from the London Sunday Times called "A triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension." Rest assured; this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
