- Publisher: Faber
- Year: 2018
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 199x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9780571350155
- Product code: 517653
Motel Chronicles and Hawk Moon
New Paperback Illustrated
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The first of these two collections of autobiographical fiction and poetry by the poet, playwright and actor Sam Shepard (1943–2017), Motel Chronicles was the inspiration for Wim Wenders’ classic film Paris, Texas. First published in 1981 and 1982 and re-issued with a foreword by Wim Wenders.
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people here
have become
the people
they're pretending to be.
'Sam Shepard's language is sparse and crystal clear. His words appear modest, but they have huge scope.'
Wim Wenders
This volume is the first collection of Sam Shepard's autobiographical fiction and poetry.
It inspired the award-winning film, Paris, Texas.
'Sam Shepard is the greatest U.S. playwright of his generation. Since 1964 he has mapped out a huge mythic territory...like Whitman, his is vast and contains multitudes, his plays soar over the empty tracts of the Midwest, celebrate the space, energy and naive optimism of the new-found lands.' Time Out
have become
the people
they're pretending to be.
'Sam Shepard's language is sparse and crystal clear. His words appear modest, but they have huge scope.'
Wim Wenders
This volume is the first collection of Sam Shepard's autobiographical fiction and poetry.
It inspired the award-winning film, Paris, Texas.
'Sam Shepard is the greatest U.S. playwright of his generation. Since 1964 he has mapped out a huge mythic territory...like Whitman, his is vast and contains multitudes, his plays soar over the empty tracts of the Midwest, celebrate the space, energy and naive optimism of the new-found lands.' Time Out
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The first of these two collections of autobiographical fiction and poetry by the poet, playwright and actor Sam Shepard (1943–2017), <i>Motel Chronicles</I> was the inspiration for Wim Wenders’ classic film <i>Paris, Texas</I>. First published in 1981 and 1982 and re-issued with a foreword by Wim Wenders.
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