Michael Springate Pořadí knih

An ethical commitment by Victor triggers a complex narrative that spans multiple countries, including Canada, Egypt, and Greece. The story weaves through diverse settings, from a Montreal lecture hall to an Alexandria detention center, exploring themes of allegiance and the evolution of rational law. It juxtaposes moments of ecstatic dance with the challenges of contemporary musical composition, revealing how personal choices resonate across different cultures and histories.

"Revolt/Compassion: Six Scripts for Contemporary Performance gathers six important works by Michael Springate. Written over a twenty-five year period, they capture an expansive range of interests, and reflect the artistic interdisciplinarity which has been a defining feature of his career. Dr. Erin Hurley, in her introduction, writes: "Consciously crafted, precise in their diction, and allusive in their references, these plays ask for the reader's collaboration.""--

In the spring of 2008 Elena, who recently moved to Montreal with her seven year old daughter, Sharon, finds a job in a retail store on Sherbrooke Street. She meets Mahfouz working in his family?s fast food outlet on The Main. Partially as an antidote to her chronic loneliness, partially influenced by Sharon?s spontaneous affection for him, Elena commits to a deepening relationship. Together the three of them enjoy a wonderful spring. That summer, however, Mahfouz doesn?t return from a visit to Cairo, and his father is picked up and held indefinitely for unknown charges on undisclosed evidence. Elena and Mahfouz, no longer in any contact with each other, must separately come to terms with their historical situation, and prepare for a future shaped by forces they struggle to understand.