|
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
|
| List Price: | £9.99 |
| Price: | £6.40 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery on orders over £5. Details |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk
30 new or used available from £1.24
Average customer review:
Product Description
This play is about the nightmare all parents must have dreamed of at some time, that of living with a child born so hopelessly crippled as to be, as the father says, "a human parsnip".
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #163150 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-03
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
Customer Reviews
I agree with aimeemoss...
With this play, Nichols has managed to walk the tight rope between black humour and heartbreak. He has taken the taboo subject of children with a disability and thrown it at the audience like ripped shreads of paper so that they all have a piece of the subject to confront in a non-pc way. Every character has their own unique relationship with the audience, exposing more of society's truths on the subject. Nichols even enjoys adressing the issue of squeamishness which all of us have to admitt to feeling. His humour is sharp and witty and will have you crying, but, so will his heartbreaking honesty which does nothing to flatter people or make them feel better!
Worth staying in like Joe Egg for!
Even though the title does not suggest it, this truly is a literary masterpiece (the title is explained in the book, with the phrase "Staying in like Joe Egg" being used frequently). I was immediately blown away! Even though there are few main characters, Nichols has managed to develop them successfully, making the audience feel as if they can relate to them for at least one reason: weather it be the historical or social content, or even something as small as having a love of animals like one of the main characters (the mother). The content of the play - a small family in the 70s with a mentally, and physically, disabled child - does not seem that entertaining at first, yet the characters witty and amusing ways of coping with their lives really is something to witness. Being an English Literature student, I have chosen to study this play for my A2 coursework - which must illustrate how good it really is! A must for all literature and drama fans.
