{"product_id":"motel-chronicles-paperback","title":"Motel Chronicles - 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\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eMotel Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a living legend in the theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural Southern California, adventures as ranch hand, waiter, rock musician, dramatist and film actor. Scenes from this book form the basis of his play Superstitions, and of the film (directed by Wim Wenders) Paris, Texas, winner of the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" . . . essential reading. A scrapbook of short stories, autobiographical reveries, poetry and photographs, \u003cem\u003eMotel Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e is full of verbal delights, as well as insights into its author's entire canon. Whether Mr. Shepard is reminiscing about his parents or daydreaming about cherished movies and cars of his youth, he speaks in pungent and ethereal language that remakes our West. Read in conjunction with the plays, \u003cem\u003eMotel Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e also helps demystify the origins of Mr. Shepard's psychological obsessions and desolate frontier iconography.\"--Frank Rich, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and half from the works of Sam Shepard.\"--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sam Shepard is a shaman--a New World shaman. Sam is as American as peyote, magic mushrooms, Rock and Roll, and medicine bundles.\"--Jack Gelber\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 \u003cem\u003eBuried Child\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1983, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in \u003cem\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/em\u003e. His other famous works include \u003cem\u003eTrue West\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Lie of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCurse of the Starving Class\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eFool For Love \u0026amp; the Sad Lament of Pecos Bill\u003c\/em\u003e by Sam Shepard was also published by City Lights Publishers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.19 x 5.43 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":44513197457510,"sku":"9780872861435","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WU5xUmxGU1NPV0YrTHBDZXRiZWVTdz09.webp?v=1770692101","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/motel-chronicles-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}