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- ISBN 9780143122227
- Weight: 184g
- Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2012
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.
"Riveting . . . a double-barreled salvo that hits two bull's-eyes." —The New York Times Book Review
"Riveting . . . a double-barreled salvo that hits two bull's-eyes." —The New York Times Book Review
This dazzling study of the three operas that Giuseppe Verdi adapted from Shakespeare's plays takes readers on a wonderfully engaging journey through opera, music, literature, history, and the nature of genius. Verdi's Shakespeare explores the writing and staging of Macbetto (Macbeth), Otello (Othello), and Falstaff, operas by Verdi, an Italian composer who could not read a word of English but who adored Shakespeare. Delving into the fast-paced worlds of these men and the hands-on life of the stage that at once challenged them and gave flight to their brilliance, Wills, in his inimitable way, illuminates the birth of artistic creation.
Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
