Great Dream of Heaven
Stories
Stories
By Sam Shepard
By Sam Shepard
By Sam Shepard
By Sam Shepard
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
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Paperback $14.00
Nov 11, 2003 | ISBN 9780375704529
Flying Home
Back in the World
Brazil
Go Down, Moses
The Night In Question
Dancing After Hours
Three Lives
Traveling Sprinkler
The Knife Thrower
Praise
“Extraordinary by any measure. . . . With this collection [Shepard] becomes a storyteller in the purest sense.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Devastatingly artful. . . . Brutal and satisfying. . . . In their careful craft and mysterious revelations, the best stories in Great Dream of Heaven recall . . . Chekhov.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Strong emotions . . . make a Sam Shepard story as familiar as an old leather saddle. . . . Shepard’s terse, lyrical style excels. . . . There’s something broadly American . . . about the frustrations his characters feel.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Shocking. . . . Often funny. . . . Shepard’s writing is consistently excellent.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“His playwriting skills . . . make his fiction shimmer with a brutal clarity.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
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