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Same River Twice : Honoring the Difficult by Alice Walker (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684814196
ISBN-139780684814193
eBay Product ID (ePID)577659
Product Key Features
Book TitleSame River Twice : Honoring the Difficult
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / African American, General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year1996
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts
AuthorAlice Walker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight21.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-030056
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisIn the early eighties, the peaceful, reclusive life of poet and writer Alice Walker was interrupted by the appearance of three extraordinary gifts: a widely praised best-selling novel (The Color Purple), the Pulitzer Prize, and an offer from Steven Spielberg to make her novel into a film that would become a major international event. This last gift, which Walker identifies as "the knock at the door", led her into the labyrinth of a never-before-experienced creative collaboration, principally with Spielberg and Quincy Jones, and the "magic" and perils of moviemaking. The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult chronicles that period of transition, from recluse to public figure, and invites us to contemplate, along with her, the true significance of extraordinary gifts - especially when they are coupled, as in Walker's case, with the most severe criticism, overt hostility, and public censure from one's community of choice. The book is composed of entries from Walker's journals, correspondence - including letters to Spielberg, Jones, and Danny Glover, who played the much reviled Mister in the movie - and essays and articles that document the controversy in the African-American community upon the film's release. It also contains Walker's original screenplay for the film The Color Purple, a screenplay that ultimately was not used by Spielberg and has never been published. In three new essays, Walker looks back at what was taking place in her life at that time: the onset of a debilitating illness, the failing health of her adored mother, and the betrayal by her companion of thirteen years. How do the private and the public mesh, she asks, during periods of intense creativity and stress? Inwhat ways do they support or weaken each other?
LC Classification NumberPS3573.A425Z47 1996
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