ABOUT THE BOOK:

Probing essays and observations by acclaimed playwright Wallace Shawn, in the first nonfiction collection of his work.

Wallace Shawn has for years struggled in his plays with issues of class, power, and privilege. In these compelling essays, and dialogues with collaborators, including never before published material, Shawn explores his own trajectory from someone brought up in the extremely sheltered environment of the New York intelligentsia to a person who today is deeply aware of the injustice and violence of the world around him — especially the violence done in his name and the name of other residents of the American Empire.

In On a Battlefield, Shawn describes the sensation of waking up to discover a battle is going on, one in which the sleeper is personally, intimately, and directly involved. This metaphor is autobiographical yet touches a deeper nerve, raising questions about how our political culture and media systematically obscure the consequences of U.S. policies abroad — and at home.

We are not neutral in this battle, but must take sides.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Wallace Shawn is an Obie-winning playwright and a noted stage and screen actor. His plays The Designated Mourner and The Fever have recently been produced as films and his translation of Threepenny Opera recently was performed on Broadway. He is co-author of My Dinner with Andre, and the author of Aunt Dan and Lemon, among other works. A major retrospective of his work is being performed, starting in 2009, at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He lives in New York City.



RIGHTS INFORMATION:

Please contact subagents for the following languages and territories:

Language/Territory	Subagent
English outside North America	David Grossman Literary Agency
German	Paul & Peter Fritz AG Literatur Agentur
Greek	Read n' Right Agency
Hebrew	The Deborah Harris Agency
Italian	The Nabu International Literary Agency
Japanese	The English Agency (Japan) Ltd
Korean	Best Literary & Rights Agency
Portuguese	RIFF Agency
Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe	Prava I Prevodi
Scandinavia and The Netherlands	Lennart Sane Agency AB
Spanish in Latin America	International Editors' Co., S.A.
Spanish in Spain	International Editors' Co., S.A.
Turkish	Anatolialit Agency