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The Ecstatic Bible
Howard Barker
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Description for The Ecstatic Bible
Paperback.
A New Testament informed by the turmoil ofthe twentieth century, The Ecstatic Bible is a series of interlocking narratives based around the 100-year courtship of a faithless priest and a woman whose decision to abandon free will and collude with every circumstance leads them into extraordinary situations both comic and horrific. Passionate and provocative, this bible of amorality is driven by a wildly inventive plot and language rich in poetry and humour.
A New Testament informed by the turmoil ofthe twentieth century, The Ecstatic Bible is a series of interlocking narratives based around the 100-year courtship of a faithless priest and a woman whose decision to abandon free will and collude with every circumstance leads them into extraordinary situations both comic and horrific. Passionate and provocative, this bible of amorality is driven by a wildly inventive plot and language rich in poetry and humour.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849434171
SKU
V9781849434171
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Howard Barker
Howard Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist, whose first plays were performed at the Royal Court and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 1992 his work has been presented by his own company The Wrestling School. Barker's theatre is characterized by its poetic, non-naturalistic form and inhabits worlds of contradiction, suffering and sexual passion. Barker is also a poet and ... Read more
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