Tom Stoppard: a life
(Book)
Description
"A perfect match of writer and subject: one of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest living playwrights--with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. Tom Stoppard is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of literary genres: theater, radio, film, TV, journalism, and fiction. His most acclaimed creations--Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare in Love--remain as fresh and moving as when they dazzled their first audiences. Stoppard's life, too, is fascinating: born in Czechoslovakia, he escaped the Nazis with his mother and spent his early years in Singapore and India before arriving in England at age eight. Skipping university, he embarked on a brilliant career, becoming close friends over the years with an astonishing array of writers, actors, directors, musicians, and political figures, from Peter O'Toole, Harold Pinter, and Stephen Spielberg to Mick Jagger and Vaclav Havel. Having long described himself as a "bounced Czech," Stoppard was surprised to learn late in life of his Jewish family and the relatives he lost to the Holocaust, secrets his mother had kept from him. Lee's in-depth analysis seamlessly weaves Stoppard's life and work together into a vivid, insightful, and always riveting portrait of a remarkable man"--
Copies
More Copies In Prospector
Reviews from GoodReads
More Details
Notes
Citations
Lee, H. (2020). Tom Stoppard: a life. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lee, Hermione. 2020. Tom Stoppard: A Life. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lee, Hermione, Tom Stoppard: A Life. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lee, Hermione. Tom Stoppard: A Life. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Staff View
QR Code
Record Information
| Last File Modification Time | Sep 11, 2024 02:59:41 PM |
|---|---|
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 11, 2024 02:59:27 PM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 03721cam a22004098i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 219435 | ||
| 005 | 20210324101249.0 | ||
| 008 | 200604s20202021nyu b 001 0beng | ||
| 010 | |a 2020023897 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780451493224 |q (hardback) | ||
| 020 | |z 9780451493231 |q (ebook) | ||
| 035 | |a 21552336 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 043 | |a e-uk-en | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a PR6069.T6 |b Z74 2020 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 822/.914 |a B |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Lee, Hermione, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tom Stoppard : |b a life / |c Hermione Lee. |
| 263 | |a 2102 | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2020. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2021 | |
| 300 | |a pages cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a First acts -- In transit -- Englishness -- The newcomer -- Brennus -- Walking on water -- On the scene -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead -- Success -- Miriam -- 'Tom Stoppard doesn't know' -- Acrobatics -- The home team -- Travesties -- Terra firma -- Prisoners of conscience -- The fourth estate -- Undiscovered countries -- The real thing -- Crossing -- Doubles -- Script doctor -- Changing states -- Arcadia -- Mother and son -- Reinventions -- The scar of time -- Sir Tom, OM -- Utopia -- Commitments and engagements -- Rock 'n' roll -- Parade's end -- Circumspice -- The eightieth year -- A charmed life. | |
| 520 | |a "A perfect match of writer and subject: one of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest living playwrights--with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. Tom Stoppard is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of literary genres: theater, radio, film, TV, journalism, and fiction. His most acclaimed creations--Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare in Love--remain as fresh and moving as when they dazzled their first audiences. Stoppard's life, too, is fascinating: born in Czechoslovakia, he escaped the Nazis with his mother and spent his early years in Singapore and India before arriving in England at age eight. Skipping university, he embarked on a brilliant career, becoming close friends over the years with an astonishing array of writers, actors, directors, musicians, and political figures, from Peter O'Toole, Harold Pinter, and Stephen Spielberg to Mick Jagger and Vaclav Havel. Having long described himself as a "bounced Czech," Stoppard was surprised to learn late in life of his Jewish family and the relatives he lost to the Holocaust, secrets his mother had kept from him. Lee's in-depth analysis seamlessly weaves Stoppard's life and work together into a vivid, insightful, and always riveting portrait of a remarkable man"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Stoppard, Tom. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authors, English |y 20th century |v Biography. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Lee, Hermione, 1948- |t Tom Stoppard |d New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. |z 9780451493231 |w (DLC) 2020023898 |
| 906 | |a 7 |b cbc |c orignew |d 1 |e ecip |f 20 |g y-gencatlg | ||
| 925 | 0 | |a acquire |b 1 shelf copy |x policy default | |
| 955 | |b xk33 2020-06-04 |i xk33 2020-06-04 (TW Situational) to review |r xk16 2020-06-08 TW situational |a xk33 2020-06-08 (telework) to Dewey |w xm04 2020-06-18 (TW situational) | ||
| 949 | |a 3 |b 5 |d 6 |f 132819 |e 1 |h STOPPARD |i TOM |k BIO |m STOPPARD |o 3 |p 30214400110723 |r 1 |u 1 |w 4 |y 2 |0 37.50 |j 3 |4 1 |5 1 |7 1 |g 0 | ||