Reviews for August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle

The average rating for August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-28 00:00:00 Jessica Bradley Really great to accompany the Pittsburgh Cycle. I recommend this to anyone reading Wilson's plays, especially if you are a WASP like me and you don't want to draw false conclusions about the meaning based on your own privilege. It's always a good idea to read as much as you can about these kinds of monumental works before you come up with your own ideas. It's an even better idea if your demographic does not match that of the main characters in the work or of the author. There is so much to learn and unpack from Wilson's plays and I highly recommend this to help you do that.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-26 00:00:00 Bethany Walker I thought this "memoir" might help me to get back into John Irving`s writing, as I haven´t been enjoying his novels lately. Unfortunately, if anything, it steered me farther away. I did however like learning about the movie business and the surprisingly complicated process of turning a book into a movie, but the text is just really dry. I couldn´t help being bored even though this is quite a short book. My Movie Business didn´t even make me want to watch the movies it discusses so unless you´re a dedicated John Irving fan and adore the movie adaptations of his novels, I can´t really recommend this.