false 64676 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 64676 5 62776 book 2002 Great Dream of Heaven: Stories total:119|5:37|4:43|3:31|2:6|1:2| 119 464 153 26 7713 3.99 2897 188 5700711 48216 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.85 104 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 07:30:53 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 07:32:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1911674 4693 64677 0099443686 9780099443681 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027m/64677.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027s/64677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64677.Great_Dream_of_Heaven 4.36 11 2002 3 0 false Wed Jun 13 00:26:16 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 00:26:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 69532851 1330314 1227888 0375405054 9780375405051 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315m/1227888.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315s/1227888.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1227888.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 4.00 4 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 4 0 false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 00:59:07 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 03:31:22 -0700 2009 Coalinga ½ Way ****o
Berlin Wall Piece ****o
Blinking Eye ****o
Betty’s Cats ***oo
The Door to Women ****o
Foreigners **ooo
Living the Sign ****o
The Company’s Interest ***oo
Concepcion *...more...]]> 2045241 132745 1227888 0375405054 9780375405051 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315m/1227888.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315s/1227888.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1227888.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 23:05:40 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 08:08:26 -0700 2007
Neither my favorite nor least favorite parts of the book were written by Shepard, though. My least f...more...]]> 75162033 2389795 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:41:43 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:27:26 -0800 2009
A nice collection of blue collar type stories about everyday life, so really the type of stuff I like to read. The writing is fairly poetic the characters are great and the stories themselves are very uncomplic...more...]]> 54334410 2238219 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 02:22:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 02:22:01 -0700 2009

is there anything sam shepard can't do?]]> 42278817 936723 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 1 0 false Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jan 07 17:09:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:09:54 -0800 2009 63137805 705805 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 1 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 06:59:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 06:59:26 -0700 2009 78450023 394402 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 0 0 false Fri Nov 20 12:54:25 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 12:55:29 -0800 2009 57391066 2286871 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 26 12:16:19 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:16:41 -0700 2009 7849141 343733 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 13:28:09 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 14:53:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 20240146 1086359 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 14:12:02 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 11:35:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 54982847 920754 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 2 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 21:29:51 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 21:30:05 -0700 2009 15540794 887203 64677 0099443686 9780099443681 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027m/64677.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027s/64677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64677.Great_Dream_of_Heaven 3.90 119 2002 5 0 false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 20:31:42 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 09:48:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6702546 389046 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Mon Sep 24 09:18:49 -0700 2007 Wed May 28 18:07:16 -0700 2008 15185590 638192 1227888 0375405054 9780375405051 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315m/1227888.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182060315s/1227888.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1227888.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 4 0 false Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 16:23:26 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 12 18:03:53 -0700 2008 43861600 1471724 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 0 0 false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 16:26:10 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 11:26:02 -0700 2009 34285332 75885 64677 0099443686 9780099443681 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027m/64677.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027s/64677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64677.Great_Dream_of_Heaven 3.90 119 2002 5 0 false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 10:26:18 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 16:36:18 -0700 2008 34498680 434466 64676 0375704523 9780375704529 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026m/64676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624026s/64676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64676.Great_Dream_of_Heaven_Stories 3.90 119 Great Dream of Heaven, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard offers a resonant examination of interpersonal crisis and revelation in 18 lean tales. At times humorous, tense, and tragic, these stories often focus on the elusive search for connection and understanding, visiting characters at key moments of consciousness or detachment. Seized by compulsion or repression, many in this work disengage from life by assuming familiar roles or patterns. In "The Stout of Heart," a man obsessed with horse breeding locks himself in his room annually to study catalogues, shutting out his family, while in "An Unfair Question," another man's frustration with his role as husband and father surfaces when he engages a party guest in friendly conversation and ends up holding her at gunpoint. These stories achieve an understated impact due in part to Shepard's knack for acute dialogue and descriptions that reveal his dramatist's eye for sparse but evocative detail. In "Living the Sign," a handmade sign in a fast food restaurant inspires a man to self-awareness, though he finds that its teenage creator is only dimly aware of its significance. "The Remedy Man," the collection's first and strongest story, tells of a guarded boy who comes to realize his potential by helping E.V., the road-worn title character (a fixer of bad horses), break a stallion. "Horse is just like a human being," E.V. tells him. "He's just gotta know his limits. Once he finds that out he's a happy camper." Offering many such moments of distilled wisdom, the stories in Great Dream of Heaven are no less brief but memorable encounters. --Ross Doll ]]> 2002 3 0 false Sat Oct 04 06:21:32 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 06:22:40 -0700 2008 12157553 767005 64677 0099443686 9780099443681 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027m/64677.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624027s/64677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64677.Great_Dream_of_Heaven 3.90 119 2002 5 0 false Thu Jan 10 09:44:39 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 09:47:22 -0800 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=64676