{"product_id":"fool-for-love-the-sad-lament-of-pecos-bill-paperback","title":"Fool for Love \u0026 the Sad Lament of Pecos Bill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFool For Love\u003c\/i\u003e, situated at a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, transient lovers May and Eddie spin around in a room in a relentless struggle for power and truth. Through recollections and dreams, multiple versions of a fierce and fatal love story are told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, another kind of love story in the form of a comic operetta, takes a distaff view of the Southwest's legendary cowpuncher and his mate Slue-foot Sue, with irreverent commentary on American heroes and heroics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one knows better than Sam Shepard that the true American West is gone forever, but there may be no writer alive more gifted at reinventing it out of pure literary air. -Frank Rich, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Shepard is the most deeply serious humorist of the American theater, and a poet with no use whatever for the 'poetic.' He brings fresh news of love, here and now, in all its potency and deviousness and foolishness, and of many other matters as well. -Edith Oliver, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Shepard (1943) is a playwright, actor, author, screen writer, and director whose work is performed on and off Broadway and in other theaters across the country. In 1979, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play \u003ci\u003eBuried Child. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 1983, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff.\u003c\/i\u003e His other famous works include \u003ci\u003eTrue West, A Lie of the Mind, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Starving Class.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52503215374643,"sku":"9780872861503","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cHprbkZqV0N6UkFSYUJkcHd6czlTZz09.webp?v=1760165866","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/fool-for-love-the-sad-lament-of-pecos-bill-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}