Nocturne - Softcover

Rapp, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881453110 ISBN 13: 9780881453119

Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated, 2004

Synopsis

“‘There’s a finality in fact,’ says the narrator of Adam Rapp’s grief-laden monologue NOCTURNE, a stunning confrontation with truth that spares neither the character or the audience. The fact, simply stated, is this: ‘Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.’ So says a young man identified only as the Son, who accidentally decapitates his sibling in an auto accident and then attempts to come to terms with what he has done. This reconciliation forms the heart and soul of NOCTURNE, a startling, unnerving work of art that fiercely pushes the boundaries of theater. The play … is dense, almost novelistic, in its approach to a personal horror story. NOCTURNE … is also intensely lyrical, musical in its sounds and in its silences. Make no mistake. Rapp is an original — a distinctive voice unafraid to be too descriptive …” —Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press“Rapp uses subtle, sensuous, bold and funny language … So detailed and poetic is the writing … that we buy and are powerfully moved by the whole thing.” —Donald Lyons, New York Post

About this title

About the Author

Adam Rapp is the author of numerous young adult novels, including 33 Snowfish, Under the Wolf, Under the Dog, and The Buffalo Tree, which was the inspiration for his off-Broadway play The Metal Children. Adam Rapp has also written for TV (The L Word, In Treatment) and was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006. He lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881453110
• ISBN 13: 9780881453119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48