Tom Stoppard : a life

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"A perfect match of writer and subject: one of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest living playwrights--with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. Tom Stoppard is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of lit...

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ISBN:

9780451493224

Edition:

first American edition

Description:

x, 872 pages : illustrations (some colour), genealogical table ; 25 cm

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

First acts
In transit
Englishness
The newcomer
Brennus
Walking on water
On the scene
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead
Success
Miriam
'Tom Stoppard doesn't know'
Acrobatics
The home team
Travesties
Terra firma
Prisoners of conscience
The fourth estate
Undiscovered countries
The real thing
Crossing
Doubles
Script doctor
Changing states
Arcadia
Mother and son
Reinventions
The scar of time
Sir Tom, OM
Utopia
Commitments and engagements
Rock 'n' roll
Parade's end
Circumspice
The eightieth year
A charmed life

LCCN:

2020023897

Control Number:

3024504

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