《真正的西部》（TRUE WEST）将让粉丝们了解这位最受欢迎的奥比奖作家和导演、普利策奖获得者、奥斯卡提名演员、以及被《纽约杂志》称为“那一代最伟大的剧作家”----山姆·谢泼德（Sam Shepard）----背后的生活。
这本权威性的传记绝对让人耳目一新，它将山姆·谢泼德的一生带到了前所未有的高度。虽然他的许多故事和戏剧都有自传体元素，但这位标志性的人物从未讲述过自己的故事。为了尽可能以最好的方式讲述这个故事，格林菲尔德采访了几十位谢泼德生活中的人，探讨了他与帕蒂·史密斯（Patti Smith）、鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）、乔尼·米切尔（Joni Mitchell）和杰西卡·兰格（Jessica Lange）的关系。更加非同寻常的是，格林菲尔德清晰地描绘了山姆·谢泼德的形象，他不仅是一位伟大的美国作家，也是一位将摇滚乐的鉴赏力带到严肃戏剧中的独特艺术家。
正是这本书中精彩的故事和格林菲尔德的深入挖掘，让我们看到了山姆·谢泼德人生的方方面面。这本传记中有许多值得喜爱的地方，也有许多关于这个人、音乐和他所留下的遗产的珍贵经验，值得我们学习。
最新资讯如下:
[Robert] Greenfield
delivers a riveting account of the life of playwright and actor Sam Shepard
Few readers will leave being unimpressed with Shepard, or this biography.
Publishers Weekly
Fascinating
A masterful look at the wild life of an enigmatic artist that shows how captivating the truth can be.
Kirkus (Starred)
In his eventful life, Sam Shepard managed to write indelible plays while inventing his own brand of iconic American manhood: the rocknroll cowboy playwright. Robert Greenfields vivid, clear-eyed biography captures both the man and the mythand, perhaps most important, the writer, who sang a new kind of song in American theater, as raw and searching as the western skies.
Michael Schulman, author of Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep and Oscar Wars
Telling the tale of a multi-talented man always blinded by his own light is a daunting task, but astute biographer Robert Greenfield handles it beautifully in True West. Written with insight, empathy, and authority, this biography of the protean Sam Shephard presents the man whole, with all his dazzling complexities revealed in full.
Kenneth Turan, former Los Angeles Times film critic and coauthor of Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told