Kissing the Mask
Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater, with Some Thoughts on Muses (Especially Helga T
By William T. Vollmann
(Ecco, Hardcover, 9780061228483, 528pp.)
Publication Date: March 17, 2010
Categories: Theater - History & Criticism
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Description
Writing with the extraordinary awareness and endless curiosity that has defined his oeuvre, Vollmann takes an in-depth look into the unusual Japanese craft of Noh theater, using the medium as a prism to reveal humanity's conception of beauty itself. b&w photos.
About the Author
A past winner of the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, William T. Vollmann is the author of Poor People, seven novels, three collections of stories, and the seven-volume critique of violence, Rising Up and Rising Down. His novel Europe Central won the National Book Award. He lives in Sacramento, California.
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