| Description |
103 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Oberon modern plays |
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Oberon modern plays.
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| Note |
"Inspired in part by the book Where war lives, by Paul Watson." |
| Summary |
"Mogadishu, 1993. Paul is a Canadian photojournalist who is about to take a picture that will win him the Pulitzer Prize. Princeton, the present day, Dan is an American writer who is struggling to finish his play about ghosts. Both men live worlds apart but a chance encounter over the airwaves sparks an extraordinary friendship that sees them journey from some of the most dangerous places on earth to the depths of the human soul. Flying from Kabul to the Canadian High Arctic, The Body of an American sees two actors jump between more than thirty roles in an exhilarating new form of documentary drama. It urgently places these two men's battles - both public and private - against a backdrop of some of the world's most iconic images of war."--Oberon Books website |
| Awards |
2013 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History; PEN Center USA Award for Drama; L. Arnold Weissberger Award. |
| Subject |
Watson, Paul, 1959- -- Drama.
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O'Brien, Dan (Playwright) -- Drama.
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Photojournalists -- Drama.
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Dramatists -- Drama.
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War photography -- Drama.
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Playwriting -- Drama.
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| ISBN |
9781783190911 |
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1783190914 |
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