By Quiara Alegría Hudes
ISBN-10: 1559364378
ISBN-13: 9781559364379
ISBN-10: 1559364521
ISBN-13: 9781559364522
"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is that infrequent and worthwhile factor: a theatre paintings that succeeds on each point whereas developing whatever new. The playwright combines a lyrical ear with a worldly feel of constitution to track the legacy of struggle via 3 generations of a Puerto Rican kin. with no ever invoking politics, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue manages to be a deeply poetic, touching and sometimes humorous indictment of the warfare in Iraq."The long island Times
From Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Water by means of the Spoonful, comes this spouse play, itself a Pulitzer finalist.
In a crumbling city lot that has been switched over right into a verdant sanctuary, a tender Marine involves phrases along with his father's provider in Vietnam as he makes a decision no matter if to go away for a moment travel of responsibility in Iraq.
Melding a poetic dreamscape with a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue takes us on an unforgettable trip throughout time and generations, lyrically tracing the legacy of battle on a unmarried Puerto Rican family.
Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is the 1st installment in a trilogy of performs that stick to Elliot's go back from Iraq. the second one play, Water by means of the Spoonful, got the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and may be released by means of Theatre Communications team at the same time with Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. The trilogy's ultimate play, The Happiest tune performs Last, premiered in April 2012 at Chicago's well known The Goodman Theatre.
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