Sam Shepard: Seven Plays: Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, the Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West

nBrilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best. nOne of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today.--The New Yorker n nThe greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society.--New York Magazine n nIf 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 a half from the works of Sam Shepard.--Time n nSam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage.--Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of 'Night, Mother. n nOne of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple with the demonic forces in the American landscape.--Newsweek n nHis plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable.--Esquire n nSam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright.--The New Republicn