The Fever
of Wallace Shawn
Description
Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever has been called âa starkly written, harrowing journey into [the] dark night of the soul that is as searing on the page as it is on the stageâ (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, âI always say to my friends, We should be glad to be alive. We should celebrate life. We should understand that life is wonderful.â But how does one celebrate lifeâtake pleasure in beauty, for instanceâwhile slowly becoming aware that the poverty and oppression of other human beings are a direct consequence of oneâs 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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80 pages
- Publisher Grove Press
- Publication Date January 27th 2004
- First Publication 01/01/91
- Language English
- ISBN 9780802140708
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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