Sam Shepard : a life /
Winters, John J.,
Sam Shepard : a life / John J. Winters. - xv, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-418) and index.
Discovery -- Beginnings -- The dark muse/Father -- The rock/Mother -- Go west -- On the road -- Arriving -- Genesis -- "Generally acknowledged genius" -- Musical interlude -- New territory -- Early film work (1968-1970) -- Dazed and confused (1968 and 1969) -- New directions -- Patti -- Mad dogs, splits, and more (1971 continued) -- Gurdjieff -- London -- Mill Valley days -- Dylan -- Heavenward (1976) -- Family matters -- You can't go home again -- True brothers -- "Stuff" -- Jessica: the beginning -- Fools for love -- "Paris" -- "Between two deaths" -- Between two families -- "Dancing around the grave?" -- "Action!" -- War story -- Take two -- Losing game -- At last, paradise -- "Blue" days -- "Late" show -- "Hell" -- A late trilogy -- Break -- Stumbling -- The road ahead.
"Throughout this new biography, Winters gets to the heart of the enigma that is Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work."--Jacket flap.
9781619027084 1619027089
Shepard, Sam, 1943-
Authors, American--Biography.
Dramatists, American--Biography.
Actors--United States--Biography.
Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Sam Shepard : a life / John J. Winters. - xv, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-418) and index.
Discovery -- Beginnings -- The dark muse/Father -- The rock/Mother -- Go west -- On the road -- Arriving -- Genesis -- "Generally acknowledged genius" -- Musical interlude -- New territory -- Early film work (1968-1970) -- Dazed and confused (1968 and 1969) -- New directions -- Patti -- Mad dogs, splits, and more (1971 continued) -- Gurdjieff -- London -- Mill Valley days -- Dylan -- Heavenward (1976) -- Family matters -- You can't go home again -- True brothers -- "Stuff" -- Jessica: the beginning -- Fools for love -- "Paris" -- "Between two deaths" -- Between two families -- "Dancing around the grave?" -- "Action!" -- War story -- Take two -- Losing game -- At last, paradise -- "Blue" days -- "Late" show -- "Hell" -- A late trilogy -- Break -- Stumbling -- The road ahead.
"Throughout this new biography, Winters gets to the heart of the enigma that is Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work."--Jacket flap.
9781619027084 1619027089
Shepard, Sam, 1943-
Authors, American--Biography.
Dramatists, American--Biography.
Actors--United States--Biography.
Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Biographies.