Desdemona

by Toni Morrison

Overview

The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize Laureate Toni Morrison.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849433891
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/23/2012
Series:	Oberon Modern Plays
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. She is the author of many novels, including The Bluest Eye, Beloved (made into a major film), Paradise and, most recently, Home. She has also received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction.

Rokia Traore is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Her first albums, Mouneissa, Wanita, and Bowmboi are now classics. Her latest album, Tchamantche, took the French Victoires de la musique award for the best World Music album of the year 2009.

Hometown:

Princeton, New Jersey, and Manhattan

Date of Birth:

February 18, 1931

Date of Death:

August 5, 2019

Place of Birth:

Lorain, Ohio

Place of Death:

New York

Education:

Howard University, B.A. in English, 1953; Cornell, M.A., 1955

Table of Contents

Introduction

Desdemona

Editorial Reviews

This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work” —The Guardian

“Superbly poetic - There are tremendous passages of writing, of music and some sterling performances - thought-provoking, with many magical moments” —The Arts Desk

“A rare and delicate show that shines a new light on Shakespeare's tragedy” —La Croix

From the Publisher