Presents a dark and powerful play for television that concerns a Nationalist teacher whose attempt to prevent his pupils beating at a pheasant shoot held in honour of the British Ambassador leads to a shockingly violent incident.
Subjects covered, for every prophet, include: a discussion of the date, who the prophet spoke to, how the critics have interpreted it, how it relates to history and to other prophets, and its structure and outline. Each chapter includes exercises and essay topics.
Arranged in three parts, Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write opens with Claire's most personal essays - reflections on a childhood divided between cultures, and between dueling models of womanhood. It is here, in these early years, that we see the seeds of Messud's inquiry into ...
