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Wit

Paperback • 2000 • English

Wit

By Margaret Edson

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About the book

A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned specialist in the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with stage four metastatic ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to Donne: aggressively probing and intensely rational. But during the course of her illness - and her stint as ...Show more

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9781854594587

Publisher

Nick Hern Books

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Wit

Format

Paperback

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