Curse of the Starving Class

Name: Curse of the Starving Class
Author: Sam Shepard

by Sam Shepard

Dysfunction in rural American family trapped by poverty, violence, and desperation

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Sam Shepard

American playwright who mapped the mythology and violence of the American West in plays that fused realism with surrealism and rock energy. Buried Child won the Pulitzer Prize; True West and Curse of the Starving Class complete his great family trilogy. He was also a film actor and novelist.

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Buried ChildGrotesque American family drama centered on incest, infanticide, and agricultural decline
True WestEscalating battle between two brothers in California living room over screenwriting crime
Fool for LoveIntense romance between drifter and woman at edge hotel in Mojave Desert
A Lie of the MindFractured family drama spanning generations of violence, love, and betrayal