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The Metal Children
A Play
Author: Adam Rapp
The Metal Children
$16.00
About This Book
Book Details
A play about fiction's power to both divide and unite, from Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp
In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, religious beliefs, and modern feminism. Its directionless New York City author arrives in town to defend the book and finds that it has inspired a group of local teens to rebel in strange and unexpected ways. A timely and unforgettable drama about the failure of urban and heartland America to understand each other, The Metal Children explores what happens when fiction becomes a matter of life and death.
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9780865479241
In The News
“An ambitious and prodigiously talented writer.” —Charles Isherwood, Variety on Adam Rapp
“[Rapp] shows an exuberant love for the written word . . . [He] tells stories that encase classical themes--class and envy, ambition and alienation--in blunt terms and in modern settings.” —Jesse McKinley, The New York Times on Adam Rapp
“Rapp . . . is a gifted storyteller. He makes demands on his audience, and he rewards its close attention with depth and elegance.” —John Lahr, The New Yorker on Adam Rapp
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The Metal Children