{"product_id":"somewhere-else-paperback","title":"Somewhere Else - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomewhere Else\u003c\/i\u003e contains George F. Walker's own selection of his early plays which matter; which for him have stood the test of time; which represent, as he once said, his \"classical veneer.\" In them he honed his considerable and unique dramatic talent along \"that fine line between the serious and the comic,\" in settings outside the North American locales of his work since the 1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalker's earliest plays, absurdist dramas reminiscent of Ionesco and Beckett, climaxed with \u003ci\u003eBeyond Mozambique\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), featuring a B-movie jungle locale populated by a drug-addicted, pederastic priest, a disgraced Mountie, a porn-film starlet and a demonic ex-Nazi doctor whose wife thinks she is Olga in Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eZastrozzi\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), utilizing all the baroque conventions of Jacobean tragedy, pits its protagonist, a self-styled, Machiavellian \"Master of Discipline\" against the chaos of the universe in a flurry of dramatic excesses that tend toward elegant self-parody. The Chalmers Award-winning \u003ci\u003eTheatre of the Film Noir\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), a murder mystery set in wartime Paris, is the culmination of his work in the Humphrey Bogart \/ Raymond Chandler style, so evident in his trilogy featuring the cynical investigative reporter \/ private-eye, Tyrone Power. The Governor General's and Chalmers Award-winning \u003ci\u003eNothing Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), an adaptation of Turgenev's novel, \u003ci\u003eFathers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, consolidated his popular reputation outside of Canada to such a degree that the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e declared it \"the play of the year.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Canada's most prolific and widely produced playwrights. His work has been honoured with eight Chalmers Awards and five Dora Awards. His plays \u003ci\u003eCriminals in Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNothing Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e each won Governor General's Awards for Drama. In 1999 Talonbooks released \u003ci\u003eThe East End Plays: Part One\u003c\/i\u003e (which includes \u003ci\u003eCriminals in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the Chalmer's Award-winning \u003ci\u003eBetter Living\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEscape from Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eThe Power Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (a collection containing \u003ci\u003eGossip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilthy Rich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.96 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219950584057,"sku":"9780889224025","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5FMO7Jnz_X9780889224025_a459e6f6-6da6-4c5d-a272-12636cedfea9.webp?v=1768170621","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/somewhere-else-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}