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The Fever Paperback – January, 1998

by Wallace Shawn (Author)

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A one man play. The nameless narrator of this blistering monologue lies ill and alone in a dreary hotel room in a poverty-stricken country. A political execution is about to take place beneath his window. Far from the glib comforts of his own life, he struggles with memories and his own conscience, which are challenged by the misery and poverty he sees. With compassion, eloquence, and ruthless self-scrutiny, the playwright discovers that having good intentions toward the dispossessed is not enough. As the narrator reminisces and agonizes over his own responsibility for the downtrodden, he reaches the inevitable conclusion that the politically correct are guilty themselves unless they take action. At the play's conclusion, the narrator has succeeded in defining his own guilt but is uncertain whether or not he has the personal courage to join in the struggle. Aghast at his own weakness, he longs for forgiveness and the strength to earn it.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (January 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822203987
ISBN-13: 978-0822203988
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5.5 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,111,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An outstanding piece of political fiction and philosophy.

By A Customer on May 15, 1997

Format: Paperback

This brisk read is one of the most provocative pieces of short fiction that I've read. The narrator gradually strips away the varnish of deceit and self-deception that have come to define his day-to-day existence and meaning of his life. As he does so, he begins to see with gut-wrenching clarity his economic, social and political relationships with friends, family, nation, and the world.

Intended as one person play for small groups, this monologue reads as well as it is experienced theatrically.

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actions, not feelings

By A Customer on May 15, 2000

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Well, I'll add my praise to the other two reviews of this wonderful little book. It's hard to characterize The Fever - I guess it's a long short story, all told from the point of view of an affluent American who, for various reasons, finds himself alone, and physically and mentally very unwell, in a small unstable 3rd World country. What Shawn's done is rather like what Peter Singer did in a recent essay in the NYTimes - he has taken the one of the hoariest of moral problems -- distributive injustice -- and breathed new life into it. Both Singer and Shawn seem to accomplish this by returning to a rather simple, almost naive approach to the guilt of affluence and tranquillity in a world of scarcity and terror. Both insist that we must end our narcissistic attention to our precious feelings and instead subject our actions in the world to a clear and unforgiving critique, a critique that will ideally lead to a new and enlightened set of actions based upon humility and generosity. Perhaps this comment makes The Fever sound like a hectoring sermon -- it's anything but. The prose is fast, funny, quirky, and provocative. I keep coming back to this book...

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Not ok.

By Aco on November 9, 2004

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I have just finished The Fever. I feel guilt, and awe. I am smitten by the images of wealth I know and images of suffering and poverty I know. What are these sights? Has my original reaction, when I first saw them changed? Do I know how life works? Where are my ideals?
This is a silent walk out of the theatre. That is, assuming I ever saw The Fever performed. Knowing Wallace Shawn as an actor I figure a flurry of humorous and bizarre moments would sustain my attention, because of his distinct personality, whether they were called for or not. But then a weight of truth and alienation. The Fever is not funny. But it is vividly alive, and if you think everything is okay, then it is dead. With The Fever, nothing is okay.
A necessary piece of moving socio-political theatre.

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