Impromptu on Nun's Island

Book Description
An opera diva, Patricia, (almost fifty) meets her Waterloo singing Salomé at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. In an impromptu get-together in her Nun's Island penthouse, on the afternoon of her return from Europe, her mother, a popular Montreal stage and television actress (pushing seventy), and her idealistic committed-to-new-work daughter (pushing 30) goad her: What is the sense of an international career if your art doesn't contribute to change (or at least to wide-spread pleasure and inspiration) in the society you live in? An international opera star lives in hotel rooms around the world, so what is the meaning (and the impact) of her art, and on what, or who's society? Is Patricia right in thinking that in this age of globalization an artist who chooses to stay home is doomed to mediocrity? These questions, this tri-generational drama, are framed by the diva's gay pianist who packs his bags and comes running to accompany her, whenever and wherever she calls· Governor General's Award nominee, 2002

About the Author
Michel Tremblay's singular contribution to international culture and literature has been recognized throughout the world. He is the recipient of eight cultural and literary awards in France, including the Chevalier of Arts and Letters in 1984, and Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 1991; twenty-one awards in Canada; one each in Italy, Belgium and Scotland; and winner of the award for Long-Standing Public Service at the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Festival in 1989. Recently he became the recipient of the 1994 Molson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.


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