{"product_id":"a-twenty-minute-silence-followed-shawn-wen-9781941411483","title":"A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Indie Next Pick for July 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"7 Best Books of July,\" \u003cem\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"10 Titles to Pick Up Now,\" \u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Most Anticipated Books of 2017,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A unique, poetic critical appreciation of Marcel Marceau.... A fascinating book.... Readers will marvel not only at Marceau, but at the book itself, which displays such command of the material and such perfect pitch.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a fledgling radio producer, Shawn Wen became fascinated by the one subject who seemed impossible to put on air: French mime Marcel Marceau, the internationally acclaimed \"artist of silence.\" At the height of his fame, Marceau was synonymous with Bip, the red-lipped, white-faced mute in a sailor suit who conjured scenes, stories, and sweeping emotion through the gestures of his body alone. Influenced by Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, credited with inspiring Michael Jackson's Moonwalk, Marceau attempted in his performances to \"reveal the fundamental essences of humanity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Bip, Marceau was a Jewish Holocaust survivor and member of the French resistance; a bombastic iconoclast; a collector of failed marriages, masks, antique knives and doting fans; an impassioned workaholic who performed into his eighties and died deeply in debt soon after leaving the stage. In precise, jewel-like scenes and vignettes, \u003cem\u003eA Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause\u003c\/em\u003e pays homage to the singular genius of a mostly-forgotten art form. Drawing on interviews, archival research, and meticulously observed performances, Wen translates the gestural language of mime into a lyric written portrait by turns whimsical, melancholic, and haunting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShawn Wen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, radio producer, and multimedia artist. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Inquiry, The Seneca Review, The Iowa Review, The White Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthology \u003cem\u003eCity by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis\u003c\/em\u003e (Faber and Faber, 2015). Her radio work has been broadcast on \u003cem\u003eThis American Life, Freakonomics Radio\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships, including the Ford Foundation Professional Journalism Training Fellowship and the Royce Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shawn Wen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941411487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941411483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 11","brand":"Shawn Wen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995184791807,"sku":"9781941411483","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fe2064a-698f-4228-8570-2ae2f1ffecb5.jpg?v=1683334335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-twenty-minute-silence-followed-shawn-wen-9781941411483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}