by Sam Shepard · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679763178
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«Simpatico» is a play in three acts by Sam Shepard, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (135 pages, in English).
The play is set in the world of horse racing, where high society crosses paths with the underworld. Carter, who should be managing his thoroughbred business in Kentucky, is in Cucamonga trying to win back the favor of Vinnie, the only man who can destroy him. Memory, loyalty, and restitution sustain the plot.
The play, subtitled «A Play in Three Acts», was published as a first Vintage Books edition in 1996; the original text dates from 1995.
For readers of contemporary American theatre and for those familiar with Sam Shepard's work.
Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays and several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. His accolades include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Drama Desk Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, and a record 10 Obie Awards. He was nominated for two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. The New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."
