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
An Albany Trio
Flying Home
Back in the World
Brazil
Men on Men 5
Go Down, Moses
A Tidewater Morning
The Portable Stephen Crane
The Night In Question
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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