True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times
True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times
Author: Greenfield, Robert
Publication Date: 04/11/2023
Format: Hardcover
A revelatory biography of the world famous playwright and actor Sam Shepard, whose work was matched by his equally dramaticĀ life, including his collaborations with the Rolling Stones andĀ Bob Dylan as well as his tumultuousĀ relationships with Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange
True West: Sam Shepardās Life, Work, and TimesĀ is the story of an American icon, a lasting portrait of Sam Shepard as he really was, revealed by those who knew him best. This sweeping biography charts Shepardās long and complicated journey from a small town in southern California to his standing as an internationally known playwright and movie star. TheĀ son of an alcoholic father, Shepard crafted a public persona as an authentic American archetype: the loner, the cowboy, the drifter, a stranger in a strange land. Despite his great critical and financial success, he seemed, like so many of his characters, to remain perpetually dispossessed.
Much like Robert Greenfieldās biographies of Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary, this book delves deeply into Shepardās life as well as the ways in which his work illuminates it.Ā True WestĀ takes readers through the world of downtown theater in lower Manhattan in the early sixties, the jazz scene at the Village Gate, fringe theatre in London in the seventies, Bob Dylanās legendaryĀ Rolling ThunderĀ tour, the making of classic films likeĀ Zabriskie Point, Days of Heaven,Ā andĀ The Right Stuff, and Broadway productions ofĀ Buried Child, True West,Ā andĀ Fool for Love.
For this definitive biography, Greenfield interviewed dozens of people who knew Shepard well, many of whom had never before spoken on the record about him. While exploring his relationships with Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange across the long arc of his brilliant career, Greenfield makes the case for Shepard not just as a great American writer but a unique figure who first brought the sensibility of rock ānā roll to theater.
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True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times
Author: Greenfield, Robert
Publication Date: 04/11/2023
Format: Hardcover
A revelatory biography of the world famous playwright and actor Sam Shepard, whose work was matched by his equally dramaticĀ life, including his collaborations with the Rolling Stones andĀ Bob Dylan as well as his tumultuousĀ relationships with Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange
True West: Sam Shepardās Life, Work, and TimesĀ is the story of an American icon, a lasting portrait of Sam Shepard as he really was, revealed by those who knew him best. This sweeping biography charts Shepardās long and complicated journey from a small town in southern California to his standing as an internationally known playwright and movie star. TheĀ son of an alcoholic father, Shepard crafted a public persona as an authentic American archetype: the loner, the cowboy, the drifter, a stranger in a strange land. Despite his great critical and financial success, he seemed, like so many of his characters, to remain perpetually dispossessed.
Much like Robert Greenfieldās biographies of Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary, this book delves deeply into Shepardās life as well as the ways in which his work illuminates it.Ā True WestĀ takes readers through the world of downtown theater in lower Manhattan in the early sixties, the jazz scene at the Village Gate, fringe theatre in London in the seventies, Bob Dylanās legendaryĀ Rolling ThunderĀ tour, the making of classic films likeĀ Zabriskie Point, Days of Heaven,Ā andĀ The Right Stuff, and Broadway productions ofĀ Buried Child, True West,Ā andĀ Fool for Love.
For this definitive biography, Greenfield interviewed dozens of people who knew Shepard well, many of whom had never before spoken on the record about him. While exploring his relationships with Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange across the long arc of his brilliant career, Greenfield makes the case for Shepard not just as a great American writer but a unique figure who first brought the sensibility of rock ānā roll to theater.
