{"product_id":"walker-and-ghost-dance-plays-paperback","title":"Walker and Ghost Dance: Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo dazzling dramas on American themes from the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, \u003ci\u003eWalker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGhost Dance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cold winter's day on the Dakota plains, Catherine Weldon receives a caller, Kicking Bear, bringing news of Indian rebellion. In the fort nearby, a tiny community splinters apart over how to react. In \u003ci\u003eGhost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, first performed in 1989, Walcott turns a story with a foregone conclusion--Sitting Bull and his Sioux followers will die at the hands of the Army and Indian agents--into a portrait of life at a crossroads of American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWalker\u003c\/i\u003e, an opera first performed in 1992 and revised for its revival in 2001, Walcott shifts his attention east, taking for his subject David Walker, the nineteenth-century black abolitionist. In Walcott 's hands Walker becomes a classical hero for his people: a leader who is also a poet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott (1930-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1948-1984\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eOmeros \u003c\/i\u003e(1990); a collection of verse, \u003ci\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem \u003ci\u003eTiepolo's Hound\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Haitian Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eWalker and The Ghost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 10.2 x 4.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724107059263,"sku":"9780374528140","price":24.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/48865ab825b2f82abebd79c71d913715.webp?v=1765101508","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/walker-and-ghost-dance-plays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}