Tales of Desire (New Directions Pearls)

Tales of Desire (New Directions Pearls)
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9780811220835
ISBN-13 : 0811220834
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Book Synopsis Tales of Desire (New Directions Pearls) by : Tennessee Williams

Download or read book Tales of Desire (New Directions Pearls) written by Tennessee Williams and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I yearned for a bad influence and boy, was Tennessee one in the best sense of the word: joyous, alarming, sexually confusing and dangerously funny."—John Waters “I cannot write any sort of story,” said Tennessee [to Gore Vidal] “unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.” These transgressive Tales of Desire, including “One Arm,” “Desire and the Black Masseur,” “Hard Candy,” and “The Killer Chicken and the Closet Queen,” show the iconic playwright at his outrageous best.


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