Hotel Room Trilogy: Three One-Act Plays - Barry Gifford

Descriere Hotel Room Trilogy: Three One-Act Plays - Barry Gifford

From the award-winning author and screenplay writer, a trio of one-act plays depicting the spooky, strange, and tragic passage of guests through the same New York City hotel room (number 603). \nThe dialogue has the evocative spareness of Pinter, and [the] control of mood [is] menacing, mesmerizing. --TIME \n \nThe tangible mystery of these stories is grounded in the peculiar relationships that unfold slowly, producing an unrelenting uncanny atmosphere. In each play, a family member has recently died and the survivors are left to deal with the consequences. \n \n \n \n- In Tricks Gifford approaches the psychological territory of Kafka. We meet two men looking for something more than just sex from a prostitute. Are the men two halves of a severed personality? \n- In Blackout Danny and Diane, an Oklahoma couple of the 1930s, cannot move beyond the grief of a personal tragedy. Refusing to accept the death of her son, Diane seeks refuge in low-level deliriums. \n- In Mrs. Kashfi a young boy experiences a spooky visitation while his mother voyages into the sea of clairvoyance with a fortune teller. \nWritten for David Lynch's 1993 drama Hotel Room for HBO, two of these stories, Tricks and Blackout were nominated for the Cable Ace Award. \nGifford's night people are a strange mix of utter weirdness and bedrock humanity, rampant eccentricity, and absolute individuality. Some things in life are beyond analysis, and Barry Gifford is one of them. --Booklist\n

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Seven Stories Press

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9781644213940

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