by David Mamet · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571197750
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«The Old Religion» is the historical novel by David Mamet, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (196 pages, in English).
Set in the American South in 1914 and based on a real case, the novel follows Leo Frank, a Jewish man accused of murdering a young female employee at the factory he runs. Mamet explores the protagonist's consciousness during the trial and portrays a society marked by antisemitism and injustice, with his characteristic dry, stylized language.
It is David Mamet's second novel; he is known primarily as a playwright. The work was originally published in 1997.
Aimed at the general public, particularly readers of literary fiction and stories based on real events with social background.
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of 1970s off-Broadway plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His plays Race and The Penitent, respectively, opened on Broadway in 2009 and previewed off-Broadway in 2017.
