Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary
(New York Times), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable
novels, but he is also an astonishing playwright who has written
nine full-length and twenty short plays. Purdy is one of the few
contemporary American writers capable of writing tragedy-Tennessee
Williams called him a uniquely gifted man of the theater. This
collection presents four riveting and beautifully crafted works:
Brice, The Paradise Circus, Where Quentin Goes, and Ruthanna Elder.
Each explores a range of emotional and familial tangles, as fathers
betray their sons and squander their inheritances, siblings compete
for parental affection, and husbands and wives try to salvage
meaning from their broken marriages. The plays are written in
Purdy's authentic idiom, which Paul Bowles called the closest [we
have] to a classical American colloquial.
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