Morality Play - Softcover

Unsworth,Barry (Signed Copy)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241136342 ISBN 13: 9780241136348

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1995

Synopsis

A wonderful tale of travelling players in 14th century England

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Review

"A bravura performance . . . A thought-provoking comedy on the eternal sameness of disaster and the recurrent uses we put it to in art." --The New York Times Book Review

"Brilliantly imagined. . . . A dramatic meditation on the relationship between life and play." --San Francisco Chronicle

"A historical novelist of rare talent. . . . A spare and disquieting tale." --The Boston Globe

"A book of subtlety, compassion, and skill. . . . Confirms Barry Unsworth's position as a master craftsman of contemporary British fiction." --Los Angeles Times

"A learned, witty, satisfying entertainment." --The New York Times

"Works brilliantly. . . . A dark and suspenseful murder mystery; and a provocative meditation on the birth of a new art form." --Chicago Tribune

"An absorbing mix of historical fiction and whodunit, the novel abounds in vivid, seamlessly integrated details of fourteenth-century life." --The Wall Street Journal

"An entertaining, thought-provoking work of remarkable scope and detail." --Houston Chronicle
"A gem. . . . Morality Play resonates with meaning for our own time." --Newsday

Book Description

Nicholas Barber, a young and wayward cleric, stumbles across a group of travelling players and compounds his sins by joining them....

Edition details

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241136342
• ISBN 13: 9780241136348
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192