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Wit
Margaret Edson
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Description for Wit
Paperback. Vivian Bearing, a specialist in the Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to Donne: probing and rational. During the course of her illness, she reassesses her life and work with profundity and wry humour. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82.
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A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned specialist in the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with stage four metastatic ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not...
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854594587
SKU
V9781854594587
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-13
About Margaret Edson
Margaret Edson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is an elementary school teacher. Between earning degrees in history and literature, she worked in the cancer and AIDS unit of a research hospital. Wit, her first play, won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Reviews for Wit
'Cuts deep… a coruscating metaphor for all our helpless efforts to orchestrate our lives, despite our awareness of our mortality'
The Times
'Delightfully funny and deeply moving… its final radiant moment is breathtaking'
Independent
'Truly wonderful – emotionally battering, yes, but very funny, never mawkish and ultimately exultant'
Telegraph
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Read moreThe Times
'Delightfully funny and deeply moving… its final radiant moment is breathtaking'
Independent
'Truly wonderful – emotionally battering, yes, but very funny, never mawkish and ultimately exultant'
Telegraph
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