| Man from Nebraska: A Play Contributor(s): Letts, Tracy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810123479 ISBN-13: 9780810123472 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812 |
| LCCN: 2006022310 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9.14" (0.48 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A luxury sedan, a church pew, a cafeteria table, a favorite TV show, and visits to a nursing home form the comfortable cycles of the dull daily life of middle-aged insurance salesman Ken Carpenter. Then one night, he awakens to find that he no longer believes in God. To the surprise of his very understanding (to a point) wife and his two grown daughters who think he has lost his mind, Ken decides to find himself and his faith by flying to London, where he was stationed while in the Air Force. He navigates through the new and somewhat dangerous realm of British counter-culture and ultimately finds his way back home. Tracy Letts's moving, funny, and spiritually complex play dares to ask the big questions, and by doing so, reveals the hidden yearning and emotion that spur the eccentric behavior of seemingly ordinary people. |