Author | : Geoffrey Green |
File Size | : 55,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 04 September 2008 |
ISBN | : 9780810152090 |
Pages | : 245 pages |
Voices in a Mask by Geoffrey Green Book PDF Summary
Based on images of disguise in literature, theater, and opera, this short-story cycle explores themes of identity and subterfuge in a fictional fugue that ranges from comic to poignant. Into the librettos of Don Giovanni, Tosca, Rigoletto, and other operas, Green weaves the authentic biographies of their singers and composers, modern-day settings, and his own imaginative twists. Throughout Voices in a Mask, characters obscure and reveal themselves as art mimics life and life, art. Ultimately the very acts of masking and projecting reveal a truth about the power of art and its inherent deceptions.