{"product_id":"father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-paperback","title":"Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 \u0026 3) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe finest work yet from this gifted writer.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero, a slave, must choose whether to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be another empty promise. As his decision brings him face to face with a nation at war with itself, the ones Hero left behind debate whether to escape or wait for his return, only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost. A devastatingly beautiful dramatic work, \u003ci\u003eFather Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, \u0026amp; 3) \u003c\/i\u003eis the opening trilogy of a projected nine-play cycle that will ultimately take us into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks \u003c\/b\u003ebecame the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog \u003c\/i\u003ein 2002. Her other plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFucking A\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe America Play\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2007 her \u003ci\u003e365 Days\/365 Plays \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced at more than seven hundred theaters worldwide. Parks is a MacArthur Fellow and the Master Writer Chair at the Public Theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's \"100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,\" in 2002 Suzan-Lori Parks became the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e. A MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship recipient, she has also been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is the recipient of a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, a CalArts\/ Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (Theatre) for 1996 and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She is an alumna of Mount Holyoke College and New Dramatists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eFather Comes Home From the Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2015 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2014 Horton Foote Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e (2002 Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (2000 Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eVenus\u003c\/i\u003e (1996 OBIE Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFucking A\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (1990 OBIE Award for Best New American Play) and \u003ci\u003eThe America Play\u003c\/i\u003e. Parks's work on \u003ci\u003eThe Gershwins' Porgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e earned the production a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 2012. In 2007 her \u003ci\u003e365 Plays\/365 Days\u003c\/i\u003e was produced in more than seven hundred theaters worldwide, creating one of the largest grassroots collaborations in theater history. Her work is the subject of the PBS Film \u003ci\u003eThe Topdog Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuzan-Lori's first novel, \u003ci\u003eGetting Mother's Body\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Random House in 2003. Her first feature-length screenplay was \u003ci\u003eGirl 6\u003c\/i\u003e written for Spike Lee. She's also written screenplays for Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Oprah Winfrey, adapting Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered on ABC's Oprah Winfrey Presents. As a film actor Parks has appeared in the fictional documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Plus One\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn November 2008 Suzan-Lori Parks became the first recipient of the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater. At The Public, and as she tours the country, she performs her innovative performance piece, Watch Me Work, a play with action and dialogue\/a meta-theatrical writing class. She also serves as a visiting arts professor in dramatic writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHolding honorary doctorates from Brown University, among others, Suzan-Lori credits her writing teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, for starting her on the path of playwriting. One of the first to recognize Parks's writing skills, Mr. Baldwin declared Parks \"an astonishing and beautiful creature who may become one of the most valuable artists of our time.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771571568928,"sku":"9781559365000","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85f4fe24f540b188cc6adcca00e61312.webp?v=1780388709","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/father-comes-home-from-the-wars-parts-1-2-3-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}