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Thirteen Hands And Other Plays by Carol Shields is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Thirteen Hands And Other Plays about?
With a Foreword by the Author “Before becoming a playwright I was a novelist, and one who was often impatient with the requisite description of weather or scenery or even with the business of moving people from room to room. I was more interested in the sound of people talking to each other, reacting to each other, or leaving silences for others to fall into.” — Carol Shields From one of Canada’s most beloved authors comes a collection of four works written for the stage, including her most popular and highly acclaimed play Thirteen Hands . The theatrical form allows Carol Shields’ strength as a master of dialogue to shine at its brightest, as she returns to themes she explores in her prose: love, family, friendship, and the hidden meanings and larger truths found beneath the surface of the minutiae of daily life. Thirteen Hands and Other Plays is an exhilarating introduction to Shields’ considerable achievements as a playwright. Departures and Arrivals (1990) dramatizes how lives are heightened and enlarged when taken within the frame of public spaces — airports, train stations, public streets — so that we all become, in a sense, actors. Thirteen Hands (1993), a musical, va
Who reads Thirteen Hands And Other Plays?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Carol Shields
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679312109
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Drama, Literary Fiction, Humanities