Adam Rapp se adentra en los aspectos más oscuros de la experiencia humana, explorando frecuentemente temas de alienación, privación y la búsqueda de compasión en medio de crisis. Su estilo se caracteriza por un enfoque crudo de flujo de conciencia, empleando lenguaje callejero y prosa lírica para atraer a los lectores a mundos de niños perdidos y dilemas morales complejos. Las narrativas de Rapp a menudo se describen como escalofriantes, hipnóticas e inquietantes, dejando amplio espacio para la introspección y la discusión. Más allá de su trabajo para jóvenes adultos, también es un consumado dramaturgo, lo que demuestra su versatilidad como narrador.
In a dystopian America under siege, Ellen endures fifty-two days of hiding and scarcity, anxiously awaiting her husband's return. Amidst the chaos and brutality that has engulfed the nation, she decides to take a bold step that could lead to a transformative change. The story explores themes of resilience and hope in the face of overwhelming despair.
A pinball wizard for the twenty-first century, Wynne Ledbetter is surrounded by despair. His father is wasting away on workman's comp, his mother is a double-shift waitress obsessed with the lives of the saints, and his sister is a dropout junky. But Wynne has a plan. One of only three players in the country to solve the Tang Dynasty computer game, he will travel to the championships in New York City, where the winner pockets a cool million dollars. With this money, he'll put his sister in rehab, pay for his father's operation, and employ his mother in his very own computer repair shop. But he has to get there first. "STONE COLD DEAD SERIOUS...is the work of a playwright who is forging a real voice... Its rendering of the shared language of loved ones illustrates how families can remain intimate even when they are in shards. Its depiction of a working-class America that is unable to dream of anything beyond enduring is as sincerely sad a commentary on our culture as I've seen in recent memory. And its fear for young people is, unfortunately, deeply convincing." Bruce Weber, The New York Times
A riveting play about a creative writing professor at Yale and her brilliant, rebellious student, exploring the limits of what one person can ask of another.
Set against the backdrop of an intense summer, two young grifters embark on a risky quest to make a deal with the devil. As they navigate a world filled with temptation and danger, their journey explores themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of their choices. The heat of the season amplifies the tension, pushing them to confront their desires and the price they must pay for their ambitions.
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a family harboring a serial killer in their midst, from the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award finalist playwright Adam Rapp.
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about a musician climbing back from rock bottom. In snowbound Pollard, Illinois, thirty-something Francis Falbo is holed up in his attic apartment, recovering from a series of traumas: his mother's death, his wife's desertion, and his rock band's breakup. He hasn't shaved in months and has lived in his bathrobe for nine days. Agoraphobic and isolated, he clings to his childhood home, renting rooms to a cast of eccentric tenants, including former circus performers searching for their missing daughter. The tight-knit community has survived a blizzard, but more dangers loom before summer arrives. Francis becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of others, leading to disastrous, hysterical, and ultimately healing outcomes. Fusing wit with the seriousness of adulthood gone awry, the author presents an uproarious and affecting tale about what we do when our lives crumble. Sharp-edged yet tenderhearted, the story introduces us to a lovably flawed character who begins to collect the jagged pieces of his dreams and start anew in life and love. Our foibles and efforts to persevere are laid bare with heart and hope.
Jeden z nejzajímavějších současných newyorských dramatiků ve svém románu-debutu líčí s obrovskou dávkou docela drsného, ale inteligentního humoru a nemilosrdně zaznamenávajícím okem vtipného pozorovatele jisté stránky života v New Yorku: bydlení v chudinské a bohémské čtvrti Lower East Side, místní týpky, pomocnou práci ve velkém nakladatelství a kontakt s velkými šéfy (i jejich dcerou), svět malých divadelních scén, psaní románu a milostné drama s přistěhovalkyní z východní Evropy. Adam Rapp je mistr slova a génius dialogů a román má velkou šanci stát se kultovní knihou a zdrojem populárních slovních hlášek.
