Sam Shepard is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than forty-five plays. As an actor, he has appeared in more than thirty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for "The Right Stuff." He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection "Great Dream of Heaven." He lives in New York and Kentucky.
"[Shepard] drills down through the strata of our history into the
bedrock of American myth."--Walter Kirn, "The New York Times Book
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"Expansive and rich. . . . With scenarios that are at once
unbearable and irresistible, Shepard casts a predictably haunting
spell." --"USA Today"
"Gorgeous. . . . Searing. . . . Shepard beautifully records the
overlooked, strange places men find themselves, both physically and
emotionally." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Sharp enough to move a reader to tears. . . . Funny and smart. . .
. Profoundly satisfying. . . . The narrator talks out his conflicts
. . . with great precision and beauty." --"The Boston Globe
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"Expansive, panoramic. Like Bob Dylan, Shepard is a geographer of
the rawboned surrealism of America's shadow interior, story after
story bearing the name of a town or highway, our national portrait
dabbed with a thousand points of darkness." -James Wolcott, "Vanity
Fair"
"These stories [have a] deep, abiding appeal." -"The Los Angeles
Times"
"This is Shepard's brilliance--the ability to continually surprise
us. He plays with our heads, pushes boundaries, and in the end
makes the journey worthwhile." -"The Denver Post"
"Shepard [is] one of the most lavishly gifted, prolific artists of
his generation." -"The Plain Dealer"
"These deceptively modest works, reflective and witty, explode with
fresh energy. Their touches of absurdity give way to a depth of
emotional loss that will sneak up and wring your heart dry. [Sam
Shepard] is still a star, still a treasure....It takes an eternally
young genius like Shepard to make us laugh and wonder." -"The Daily
Beast"
"Shepard's talent and bent for language is what drives the book.
The rhythms. The precision of the words. His instincts on when to
give and when to hold back. All together, these pieces take us on a
road trip of America, before dropping us off inside ourselves."
-"The Providence Journal"
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