The Who & The What: A Play
Autor Ayad Akhtaren Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2014
Zarina
has
a
bone
to
pick
with
the
place
of
women
in
her
Muslim
faith,
and
she's
been
writing
a
book
about
the
Prophet
Muhammad
that
aims
to
set
the
record
straight.
When
her
traditional
father
and
sister
discover
the
manuscript,
it
threatens
to
tear
her
family
apart.
With
humor
and
ferocity,
Akhtar's
incisive
new
drama
about
love,
art,
and
religion
examines
the
chasm
between
our
traditions
and
our
contemporary
lives.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316324496
ISBN-10: 0316324493
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 140 x 133 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316324493
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 140 x 133 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
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Notă biografică
Ayad
Akhtar
is
an
American-born,
first
generation
Pakistani-American
from
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
A
Pulitzer
prize-winning
playwright,
he
holds
degrees
in
Theater
from
Brown
University
and
in
Directing
from
the
Graduate
Film
Program
at
Columbia
University,
where
he
won
multiple
awards
for
his
work.
He
is
the
author
of
a
novel,American
Dervish,
and
numerous
screenplays
and
was
star
and
co-writer
of
The
War
Within,
which
premiered
at
the
2005
Toronto
Film
Festival
and
was
nominated
for
an
Independent
Spirit
Award
for
Best
Screenplay
and
an
International
Press
Academy
Satellite
Award
for
Best
Picture
-
Drama.
Recenzii
"Crackles
with
intelligence
and
behavioral
truth....
Akhtar
is
so
eminently
gifted
in
writing
scenes
that
quake
with
powerful
emotion....
The
moments
of
strife,
both
religious
and
romantic,
are
frighteningly
believable."—Charles
McNulty,
Los
Angeles
Times
"At its fiercest...THE WHO AND THE WHAT bares some of the same teeth as [Akhtar's] riveting, 2013 Pulitzer-coppingDisgraced.... Akhtar's who and what are potent."—Bob Verini, Variety
"A thought-provoking work, one that smashes together references toBig Loveand David Letterman with quotes from the Prophet Muhammad and academic arguments about gender politics.... Akhtar [is] one of theater's most vibrant, exciting young writers."—Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
"Like Zarina's messy, impassioned book,THE WHO AND THE WHATstirs the pot in unexpectedly dramatic ways."—Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly
"Matters of faith and family, gender and culture are stirred together into a fiery-flavored stew in THE WHO AND THE WHAT, the probing new play by Ayad Akhtar.... [that] explores intergenerational and interfaith conflicts with fluid eloquence and intelligence. Mr. Akhtar writes dialogue that, while often funny and always natural, crackles with ideas and continually reveals undercurrents of tension that ratchet up the emotional stakes."—Charles Isherwood, New York Times
"Akhtar-winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in drama forDisgraced-has crafted a story that's dense with intertwined desires, frustrations, expectations and resentments.... A heady exploration of how one's hoped-for path in life can crash against the ramparts of family and society... [THE WHO AND THE WHAT] helps lift a veil on a spiritual tradition that's little-portrayed on American stages. The 'what' of this ambitious play could just about fill a book by itself; the 'who' at its heart is one lively, vibrant and questioning voice."
—James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune
"An interesting, sometimes riveting, take on patriarchy, loyalty and religious purity.... The dialogue is sharp and occasionally singeing."—Josh Baxt, CultureVulture
"Funny and...moving."—Mike Fischer, Sunday Journal Sentinal
"Gutsy and very admirable.... Not a script to miss."—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
"At its fiercest...THE WHO AND THE WHAT bares some of the same teeth as [Akhtar's] riveting, 2013 Pulitzer-coppingDisgraced.... Akhtar's who and what are potent."—Bob Verini, Variety
"A thought-provoking work, one that smashes together references toBig Loveand David Letterman with quotes from the Prophet Muhammad and academic arguments about gender politics.... Akhtar [is] one of theater's most vibrant, exciting young writers."—Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
"Like Zarina's messy, impassioned book,THE WHO AND THE WHATstirs the pot in unexpectedly dramatic ways."—Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly
"Matters of faith and family, gender and culture are stirred together into a fiery-flavored stew in THE WHO AND THE WHAT, the probing new play by Ayad Akhtar.... [that] explores intergenerational and interfaith conflicts with fluid eloquence and intelligence. Mr. Akhtar writes dialogue that, while often funny and always natural, crackles with ideas and continually reveals undercurrents of tension that ratchet up the emotional stakes."—Charles Isherwood, New York Times
"Akhtar-winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in drama forDisgraced-has crafted a story that's dense with intertwined desires, frustrations, expectations and resentments.... A heady exploration of how one's hoped-for path in life can crash against the ramparts of family and society... [THE WHO AND THE WHAT] helps lift a veil on a spiritual tradition that's little-portrayed on American stages. The 'what' of this ambitious play could just about fill a book by itself; the 'who' at its heart is one lively, vibrant and questioning voice."
—James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune
"An interesting, sometimes riveting, take on patriarchy, loyalty and religious purity.... The dialogue is sharp and occasionally singeing."—Josh Baxt, CultureVulture
"Funny and...moving."—Mike Fischer, Sunday Journal Sentinal
"Gutsy and very admirable.... Not a script to miss."—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune