Sons of the Prophet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810128774)

Finalist, 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner, 2012 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
Winner, 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play

A deeply humorous, unflinching portrait of grief and loss, Sons of the Prophet depicts a Lebanese-American family in rural Pennsylvania beset by an absurd string of tragedies. At the play's center is Joseph Douaihy, a once-promising world-class runner now sidelined by injury. As Joseph confronts his deteriorating health, he is also forced to face the death of his father, an ailing Uncle, and a desperate boss beset by her own tragedies. Deftly keeping its various storylines in careful balance, Karam's play confronts, with abundant intelligence and great sympathy for human frailty, the inevitability of loss and the equally inevitable comedy resulting from our attempts to cope with is consequences.

Author: Stephen Karam
ISBN-10: 0810128772
ISBN-13: 9780810128774
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2012
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d