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- Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever has been called "a starkly written, harrowing journey into [the] dark night of the soul that is as searing on the page as it is on the stage" (Booklist).
- Author(s): Wallace Shawn
- 80 Pages
- Drama, American
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Wallace Shawn's The Fever is the winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave. While visiting a poverty-stricken country far from home, the unnamed narrator of The Fever is forced to witness the political persecution occurring just beyond a hotel window. In examining a life of comfort and relative privilege, the narrator reveals, "I always say to my friends, We should be glad to be alive. We should celebrate life. We should understand that life is wonderful." But how does one celebrate life -- take pleasure in beauty, for instance -- while slowly becoming aware that the poverty and oppression of other human beings are a direct consequence of one's own pleasurable life? In a coruscating monologue, The Fever is most of all an eloquent meditation on living a life with conscience and action in ethical relationship to others in the world.Book Synopsis
Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever has been called "a starkly written, harrowing journey into [the] dark night of the soul that is as searing on the page as it is on the stage" (Booklist). While visiting a poverty-stricken country far from home, the unnamed narrator of The Fever is forced to witness the political persecution occurring just beyond a hotel window. In examining a life of comfort and relative privilege, the narrator reveals, "I always say to my friends, We should be glad to be alive. We should celebrate life. We should understand that life is wonderful." But how does one celebrate life--take pleasure in beauty, for instance--while slowly becoming aware that the poverty and oppression of other human beings are a direct consequence of one's own pleasurable life? In a coruscating monologue, The Fever is most of all an eloquent meditation on whether it is possible to live in an ethical relationship with others in the world.Review Quotes
"A profoundly engaging and provocative journey through the awakening of a pampered man's conscience."
Dimensions (Overall): 7.12 Inches (H) x 5.02 Inches (W) x .41 Inches (D)
Weight: .23 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 80
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Grove Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Wallace Shawn
Language: English
Street Date: January 27, 2004
TCIN: 1003739407
UPC: 9780802140708
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8757
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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