The Guys: A Play [signed]

Nelson, Anne [signed]

ISBN 10: 0812967291 / ISBN 13: 9780812967296

Published by Random House Publishing Group, 2002

About this Item

Softcover with glossy pictorial covers. Excellent condition. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2002. Number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 should indicate first printing (since Random House doesn't use the 1). 87 pages. Signed by Anne Nelson on the half-title page and dated Sept 12, 2002 (just a year and a day after the Sept 11 tragedy that it is about). Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Guys: A Play [signed]
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812967291
• ISBN 13: 9780812967296
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed

About this title

Synopsis

First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production, and soon to be a film starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, The Guys is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in times of tragedy.

Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into words, Nick, a fire captain, seeks out the help of a writer to compose eulogies for the colleagues and friends he lost in the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001. As Joan, an editor by trade, draws Nick out about “the guys,” powerful profiles emerge, revealing vivid personalities and the substance and meaning that lie beneath the surface of seemingly unremarkable people. As the individual talents and enthusiasms of the people within the small firehouse community are realized, we come to understand the uniqueness and value of what each person has to contribute. And Nick and Joan, two people who under normal circumstances never would have met, jump the well-defined tracks of their own lives, and so learn about themselves, about life, and about the healing power of human connection, through talking about the guys.

About the Author

Anne Nelson is an author and a playwright, and teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1989 Livingston Award for international reporting. Her books and articles have been published widely, and her play The Guys has been staged throughout the world. As a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala from 1980 to 1983, Nelson published reports and photography in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.