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Buried Child

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By Sam Shepard

By Sam Shepard

By Sam Shepard

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Feb 14, 2006 | 128 Pages

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    About Buried Child

    A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child is as fierce and unforgettable as it was when it was first produced in 1978.

    A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents, who seem to have no idea who he is. Nor does his father, Tilden, a hulking former All-American footballer, or his uncle, who has lost one of his legs to a chain saw. Only the memory of an unwanted child, buried in an undisclosed location, can hope to deliver this family from its sin.

    About Buried Child

    A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child is as fierce and unforgettable as it was when it was first produced in 1978.

    A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents, who seem to have no idea who he is. Nor does his father, Tilden, a hulking former All-American footballer, or his uncle, who has lost one of his legs to a chain saw. Only the memory of an unwanted child, buried in an undisclosed location, can hope to deliver this family from its sin.

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    About Sam Shepard

    SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays and three story collections. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the… More about Sam Shepard

    About Sam Shepard

    SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays and three story collections. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the… More about Sam Shepard

    Product Details

    Category: Parenting | Self-Improvement

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 14, 2006 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307274977

    Category: Parenting | Self-Improvement

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 10, 2009 | 128 Pages | ISBN 9780307494276

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    “Shepard is an uncommon playwright and uncommonly gifted.” –The New York Times

    “Wildly poetic, full of stage images and utterances replete with insidious suggestiveness.” –New York

    “Shepard is one of the most prolific playwrights, and for that matter, certainly one of the most brilliant.” –New York Post

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