Dallas Blood

ISBN-13: 9781934625040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 329 str.

Christopher Nichols

Opis

Drawing on experience as a premier stage director and member of a renowned family of artists, Christopher P. Nichols has written a novel filled with the struggle to find artistic expression while exploring the nature of tragedy. The central figure, Timothy, is challenged by the chance to direct the first American production of Federico Garcia Lorca's 'Blood Wedding.' His personal life is inextricably connected to his work, and over time we see his development as an artist and the flowering of a great love story. Set amid the details of life in Dallas during the 1930's, and covering an area from Europe to Highland Park and Taos. Dallas Blood documents a timeless journey of transformation rooted in historical fact. In this novel we see the living theatre, changing and evolving, searching for relationships that will endure. Among the pleasures of this novel are the Spanish headings of each chapter, talk about Packards and Auburns and the sonnets of Shakespeare; reflections on the joy