The Ventriloquist

by Larry Tremblay

In The Ventriloquist , Larry Tremblay directs his celebrated mastery of the dramatic monologue to an interrogation of the process of characterization itself. Alone on the stage with his puppet, the ventriloquist introduces his "self " as a construct of characters, along with his "other" imagined characters, to an audience which bears witness to the enormous psychological risks an author must take in the creative process. Constantly walking the dangerously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889225362
• ISBN13: 9780889225367
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 8.6"