This âacerbic yet compassionateâ meditation on humanity by the acclaimed actor and playwright offers âcuriosity, thoughtfulness, sharp logic, deep emotionâ (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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Beloved actor and Obie Awardâwinning playwright Wallace Shawn has been an incisive commentator on civilization and its discontents for decades. Now, having recently passed the age of seventy and watched Donald Trump claim the presidency, he offers a late-stage critique of his species, which he sees as being divided between the lucky and the unlucky.
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In Night Thoughts, Shawn takes the luckyâhimself includedâto task for their complacency while offering fascinating reflections on âcivilization, morality, Beethoven, 11th-century Japanese court poetry, and his hopes for a better world, among other topicsâ (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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