9780753198452

Hamlet's Dresser

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780753198452

Hardcover|9780753198452


Overview

"...a tale told by a wise man, full of tears and laughter, signifying a great deal more than most other works of autobiography..." Anthony Holden, author of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE MAN BEHIND THE GENIUS A sad, funny and inspiring account of how one man's life was saved by Shakespeare. Bob Smith was a fragile boy from a difficult household that was presided over by an unstable, depressive mother who depended on him, an unsupportive, unavailable father and a severely disabled, beautiful sister who lived at home largely cared for by Bob. At the age of ten he stumbled upon a line from Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - "in sooth I know not why I am so sad" - and recognising himself in this poetic, melancholy language, he found in Shakespeare the buoy that would keep him afloat for the rest of his tumultuous life. HAMLET'S DRESSER is a vivid and lyrical memoir of a man made whole by his passion for Shakespeare

ISBN-13

9780753198452

ISBN-10

0753198452

List Price

$21.99

Format

Hardcover

Pages

360 pages

Publisher

Isis Large Print

Published On

2003-11-01



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