A twenty minute silence followed by applause
(2017)

Nonfiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Sarabande Books , 2017
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781946448019 (electronic bk.) MWT11922791, 194644801X (electronic bk.) 11922791
LANGUAGE
English
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Part biographic inquiry, part lyric portraiture, radio producer Shawn Wen reanimates world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau's silent art. The book opens in darkness, a single figure standing in the spotlight. It's Marceau in his signature hat, painted face, black clothes, and ballet slippers. Over time, the text accumulates objects: dolls, paintings, icons, wives, children, cities, and performances. By turns whimsical and melancholic, this spare volume takes shape through capsule histories, interview clips, vivid scenes, and archival research

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