Assassinating Shakespeare: Confessions of a Bard in the Bush
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0863567185 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Out, Out Brief Candle James S. Ford "Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard of no more", (William Shakespeare). Thomas Goltz certainly knows how to strut, but my suspicion is he doesn't fret much, and we'll be hearing plenty more from Mr. Goltz. A very enjoyable read.. "Even the Bard Had to Set the Stage" according to Richard Schaan. Like many of the books I've come to love, this one didn't grab me right away. It often seems that many great books need 50+ pages to get the situation set up just right, but us modern readers are usually wanting a pounding heart rate after 10.For me, it took a little extra effort to get past the point where I was hooked, but the reward -- that being a book I couldn't put down until I finished it -- was worth it.But please note: in say. Hilarious Bill S. Did you ever know a guy who seemed able to talk himself into or out of any situation? Goltz is that guy, but even so, how he survived this serious of (mis)adventures remains a mystery for the ages. Lucky for us that he did, as we get to enjoy this hilarious travelogue-gone-bad in the wild world of 1970's Africa. Full of bizarre characters and spot-on observations on human nature. I got this as a gift a few years back, finally picked i
Work your way around Africa putting on one-man Shakespeare performances? It’s the type of escapade that could only have sprung from the restless, feverish mind of the young Thomas Goltz, then a naïve twenty-one-year-old in 1976 looking for adventure and an errant brother. Goltz is now an acclaimed author and journalist who has reported extensively on the upheavals of the post-Soviet Caucasus, and this impulsive trip of his youth saw him wandering through the cities and villages of east, central, and southern Africa. His first port of call after hitchhiking through Eastern Europe and the Middle East is Ethiopia, where he is greeted by a civil war in full flame. Close encounters follow with bandits, guerrillas, missionaries, prostitutes, savvy street kids, bureaucrats, unrequited loves, and, of course, ordinary, Shakespeare-loving Africans.
Not to be missed.' -- Valerie Hemingway'Goltz’s adventures have a surreal absurdity to them that will leave you gasping for breath.' -- Margot Kidder'I laughed at length, while contemplating the delights and enlightenment of both theatre and the written word.' -- Tim Cahill, author of 'Lost in My Own Backyard' and 'Hold the Enlightenment''It's funny, bizarre and sometimes frightening.' -- Morning Star. 'A rollicking, on-the-road adventure story that is by turns laugh-out-loud hilarious and deeply affecting.' -- Scott Anderson, author of 'Triage''A true delight
He lives in Livingston, Montana.. Thomas Goltz is the author of Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya and Azerbaijan Diary, as well as numerous news, feature and scholarly articles