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Book Title
Soul of a Whore and Purvis : Two Plays in Verse
Publication Name
Soul of a Whore and Purvis
Title
Soul of a Whore and Purvis
Subtitle
Two Plays in Verse
ISBN-10
0374277966
EAN
9780374277963
ISBN
9780374277963
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format
Trade Paperback
Release Year
2012
Release Date
05/06/2012
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.6in
Item Length
8.2in
Author
Denis Johnson
Genre
Drama
Publication Year
2012
Topic
American / General
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Two plays--hilarious and searing in equal measure--by one of our most essential and original authors In his poetry, short stories, novels, and plays, the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson has explored the story of America--especially of the West, land of self-made men and self-perpetuating myths--with searing honesty and genuine sympathy. These two plays, written in verse at once hypnotic and clear, confirm his position as one of our great verbal stylists and a literary conscience for our times. In Soul of a Whore , a lively cast of characters--faith healers, pimps, strippers, actual demons--converge, with unexpected hilarity, as Bess Cassandra awaits execution for the murder of her infant daughter. Purvis 's seven reverse-chronological scenes catalog the fall and rise of Melvin Purvis, the G-man who brought down John Dillinger and Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Johnson takes us from Washington's back rooms to a Midwestern cornfield, dramatizing the seductive allure of power and our own human capacity for both pettiness and grace. In these furiously entertaining, occasionally terrifying works, Johnson chronicles and questions America's myths, heroes, and everyday realities with verve and elegance, revealing himself once again to be at the height of his linguistic and insightful powers.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374277966
ISBN-13
9780374277963
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111154716

Product Key Features

Book Title
Soul of a Whore and Purvis : Two Plays in Verse
Author
Denis Johnson
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Drama
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3560.O3745s58 2012
Reviews
The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet., "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -- Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -- Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly " Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly." -- Jillian Goodman, Slate "These plays are everything you'd expect and want from a dramatic creation written by Denis Johnson--grit, poetry, passionate prose, a host of devilishly dirty characters steeped in backbreaking honesty, and a whirlwind ride that takes us to the polar reaches of the human experience." -- Emily Temple, Flavorwire "'Soul' inhabits a world of hookers and hoodlums and murderers and executioners. The tale is both hallucinatory and immediate, hilarious and horrifying. It moves from the god-forsaken way station to a hospital ward to an execution chamber, where one Bess Cassandra is awaiting her death for 'vehicular infanticide." -- Patti Hartigan, The Boston Globe, "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -- Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -- Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly " Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly." -- Jillian Goodman, Slate "These plays are everything you'd expect and want from a dramatic creation written by Denis Johnson--grit, poetry, passionate prose, a host of devilishly dirty characters steeped in backbreaking honesty, and a whirlwind ride that takes us to the polar reaches of the human experience." -- Emily Temple, Flavorwire "'Soul' inhabits a world of hookers and hoodlums and murderers and executioners. The tale is both hallucinatory and immediate, hilarious and horrifying. It moves from the god-forsaken way station to a hospital ward to an execution chamber, where one Bess Cassandra is awaiting her death for 'vehicular infanticide.' Along the way, it asks questions about the death penalty, the justice system, Christianity, and morality . . . These drifters and derelicts are the sort of folks who pop out of the pages of Johnson's fiction, and in writing for the stage, Johnson creates down-and-out characters with an uncommon attention to language." -- Patti Hartigan, The Boston Globe, "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly " Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly." -Jillian Goodman, Slate "These plays are everything you'd expect and want from a dramatic creation written by Denis Johnson-grit, poetry, passionate prose, a host of devilishly dirty characters steeped in backbreaking honesty, and a whirlwind ride that takes us to the polar reaches of the human experience." -Emily Temple, Flavorwire  , "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly, "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly   " Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly." -Jillian Goodman, Slate  , These plays are everything you'd expect and want from a dramatic creation written by Denis Johnson--grit, poetry, passionate prose, a host of devilishly dirty characters steeped in backbreaking honesty, and a whirlwind ride that takes us to the polar reaches of the human experience., "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly  , 'Soul' inhabits a world of hookers and hoodlums and murderers and executioners. The tale is both hallucinatory and immediate, hilarious and horrifying. It moves from the god-forsaken way station to a hospital ward to an execution chamber, where one Bess Cassandra is awaiting her death for 'vehicular infanticide.' Along the way, it asks questions about the death penalty, the justice system, Christianity, and morality . . . These drifters and derelicts are the sort of folks who pop out of the pages of Johnson's fiction, and in writing for the stage, Johnson creates down-and-out characters with an uncommon attention to language., Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly., "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." - Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly, "The raw power of poetically concentrated passion . . . [ Soul of a Whore ] is a resonant fulfillment of the promise in [Johnson's] earlier work . . . [This is] Johnson's best constructed and most evocatively passionate outing yet." -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage." -Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly " Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse comprises Johnson's third- and fifth-ever attempts at playwriting, but his enthusiasm for experimentation is present and overriding, and it reads vividly." -Jillian Goodman, Slate "These plays are everything you'd expect and want from a dramatic creation written by Denis Johnson-grit, poetry, passionate prose, a host of devilishly dirty characters steeped in backbreaking honesty, and a whirlwind ride that takes us to the polar reaches of the human experience." -Emily Temple, Flavorwire "'Soul' inhabits a world of hookers and hoodlums and murderers and executioners. The tale is both hallucinatory and immediate, hilarious and horrifying. It moves from the god-forsaken way station to a hospital ward to an execution chamber, where one Bess Cassandra is awaiting her death for 'vehicular infanticide.' Along the way, it asks questions about the death penalty, the justice system, Christianity, and morality . . . These drifters and derelicts are the sort of folks who pop out of the pages of Johnson's fiction, and in writing for the stage, Johnson creates down-and-out characters with an uncommon attention to language." -Patti Hartigan, The Boston Globe, Johnson has found a new speed, or a new style, for his age-old theme of hell, and it's a good, rare thing to watch a modern poet write so well for the stage.
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-046069
Dewey Decimal
812/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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