Wallace Shawn is an American actor and playwright whose theatrical works are often dark, politically charged, and controversial. While frequently cast as a comic character actor on film and television, his dramatic writing delves into profound and often unsettling aspects of human existence. His distinctive voice and sharp insights into society mark him as a significant figure in contemporary drama.
"In this stirring rumination, Wallace Shawn considers justice, inequality, blame, revenge, eleventh-century Japanese court poetry, decadence, Beethoven, the relationship between the Islamic world and the West--and the possibility that a better world could be created."--Back cover.
Der Text reflektiert die Liebe zur Musik und zur Kultur, während er gleichzeitig das Bewusstsein für das Leid und die Gewalt in der Welt betont. Der Autor kämpft mit der Diskrepanz zwischen seiner Wertschätzung für das Leben und den grausamen Taten, die in seiner Umgebung geschehen.