Updated in 2006, the book now includes September 11, the Iraq War, and other recent events paralleling the Bronze Age epic, showing it being acted out by a new set of leaders and lovers, deceivers and fools. Simply open a newspaper.From "Newborn Found in Dumpster" to "Gulf Traumas Come Home to Roost," Dateline: Troy juxtaposes a crisp retelling of the Iliad with newspaper clippings from our own era. Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) High school and adults / Paperback (Simon & Schuster) / Acting Edition (Dramatic Publishing) / Audio (Listening Library) "If Seek were a radio show instead of a book, I would have pulled off the road, parked and sat there, transfixed, to the very end." -Robert Krulwich, New York Times Rights: Contact me for the full play (see the Q&A page) or Dramatic Publishing for the abridgment. An abridged version running 45 minutes is available in an acting edition from Dramatic Publishing. A sound portrait both compelling and comic, presented entirely in dialogue, Seek is suitable for readers theater or full production. That symphony of words comprises Seek, delivered by a chorus of 52 speakers-from relatives to baseball announcers to Rob's absent DJ father, a man he's spent his life pursuing through the labyrinth of the airwaves. Assigned to write his autobiography, Rob "listens back" over his life.
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