Sled [Paperback]

Judith Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0887545173 | ISBN-13: 978-0887545177 | Edition: 1st

A searing and poetic look at ourselves, our society, and our mythology. Sled begins and ends in the Canadian North, a world of unforgiving isolation and mystical change. The other landscape is a Toronto neighbourhood which proves to be equally harsh and mythical under its quiet surface.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…a wild and intriguing story that ties together seemingly disparate characters into a hard-hitting, hard-talking, hard-action show. It’s tough, traumatic, intriguing theatre.” —The Hamilton Spectator

About the Author

Judith Thompson is the author of The Crackwalker, White Biting Dog, I Am Yours, Lion in the Streets, Sled, Perfect Pie, Habitat, Capture Me, Enoch Arden and My Pyramids. She has written two feature films “Lost and Delirious” and “Perfect Pie” as well as television movies and radio drama. Her work has enjoyed great success internationally. Judith has been won the Governor General’s Literary Award for two of her books, White Biting Dog and The Other Side of the Dark. In 2006 she was invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada. In 2007 she was awarded the prestigious Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. She is professor of drama at the University of Guelph, and currently lives with her husband and five children in Toronto. “When I wrote my first play, The Crackwalker, I gave each of the characters a monologue, framing the play – and they were all audience addresses. “Who are they talking to?” the actors would ask, in frustration. And I could only reply “the audience.” I hated the idea of a phony set-up with a social worker, or a psychiatrist, or someone in the “listening” professions – to justify a long monologue; never explain, the monologue is part of a long theatrical tradition, it is direct, it is intimate. And there is no looking away from it, we must go on the journey of the monologue with the character, even if he or she is breathing fire that burns the air we breathe.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887545173
• ISBN-13: 978-0887545177
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,691,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THOMPSON does it AGAIN, May 31, 2000

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This review is from: Sled (Paperback)

Sled, much like thompsons other work (Lion in the Streets, White Biting Dog, The Crackwalker) is terribly disturbing while managing to be extremely beautiful. Her use of language is like an everyday version of poetry. She can make anything sound beautiful, even death. Which she does in Sled. PLEASE read ms. thompsons plays. they are a gift.