Download or read book Graceland And Asleep on the Wind written by Ellen Byron and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1984 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORIES: GRACELAND. The place is the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, the time, five o'clock in the morning, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are
Download or read book GraceLand written by Chris Abani and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2005-01-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage Elvis impersonator navigates the Lagos ghetto in this “searing chronicle of a young man’s coming of age in Nigeria during the late 1970s” (Publishers Weekly). Elvis Oke dreams of escaping the sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria. Beset by poverty, floods, and beatings by his alcoholic father, he ekes out a living by impersonating his famous namesake. But soon he is tempted by a life of crime. Thus begins his odyssey into the dangerous underworld of Lagos, guided by his friend Redemption and accompanied by a restless hybrid of voices including The King of Beggars, Sunday, Innocent and Comfort. Ultimately, young Elvis, drenched in reggae and jazz, and besotted with American film heroes and images, must find his way to a GraceLand of his own. In this lyrical and nuanced debut novel, Nigerian poet Chris Abani shares a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria where the trappings of American culture reign supreme. “A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new.” —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Download or read book The Book of Night Women written by Marlon James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings "An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breathtakingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.
Download or read book Responsible Parties written by Jeffrey Sweet and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1985 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The scene is the lobby of the Ventura Oasis Motel, in a rundown section of Los Angeles. The owner, Randolph, is debating whether to tear the building down or turn it into a fast-food franchise. In the meantime he occupies himself by medd
Download or read book Anteroom written by Harry Kondoleon and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The action of the play takes place in the butler's pantry of Fay Leland's lavish seafront estate on Long Island. Parker, the flamboyant son of Fay's friend and neighbor, Craig (whose wife ran off with Fay's husband), has inveigled a job
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Download or read book The Firstborn written by Christopher Fry and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1958 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Is set in Egypt just before the great Exodus of the Jews. Moses has been away from Egypt for several years, and the Pharaoh has summoned him back to help with military campaigns. When Moses comes, however, his sole concern is for his peo
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Download or read book Eh written by Henry Livings and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1968-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Set in a factory boiler room, with the main prop the boiler itself, a great hiccuping, squealing, roaring, glug-glugging behemoth, the play details the plight of a hardy individualist caught in the over-protective web of mechanized, comp
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