Sam by Tom Hallman
An American woman who has never left Nashville searches Turkey for a deported Kurdish man who has disappeared. A darkly comic journey through a land where a language is illegal, history is drowned and illusions have to die if you want to survive. Shadow Language received its world premiere at Theatre503, London in February 2008.Tom Hallman Jr. is considered one of the nation's premier narrative writers.
During his career, he has won every major feature-writing award, including a Pulitzer Prize. A common thread in all of Hallman's stories is the exploration of the character's heart and soul.
Hallman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. He's worked at a car wash, a grocery store, a greyhound racetrack, and volunteered at a VA hospital. He was once an answer on Jeopardy, the television quiz show. His first journalism job was in New York City as copy editor for Hearst Magazines Special Publications. He returned to Oregon as a reporter at The Hermiston Herald, before landing a job at the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Washington.
In 1980 he moved to The Oregonian where he covered crime for ten years. He is now a senior reporter specializing in storytelling. He is also a teacher, speaker and story consultant. He can be reached at www.tomhallman.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780425191743 |
| ISBN 10 | 0425191745 |
| Title | Sam |
| Author | Tom Hallman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2004-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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