Adam Rapp si addentra negli aspetti più oscuri dell'esperienza umana, esplorando frequentemente temi di alienazione, privazione e ricerca di compassione in mezzo alla crisi. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da un approccio grezzo e di flusso di coscienza, che impiega linguaggio di strada e prosa lirica per trascinare i lettori in mondi di bambini perduti e complessi dilemmi morali. Le narrazioni di Rapp sono spesso descritte come agghiaccianti, ipnotiche e inquietanti, lasciando ampio spazio all'introspezione e alla discussione. Oltre al suo lavoro per giovani adulti, è anche un affermato drammaturgo, dimostrando la sua versatilità di narratore.
In a dystopian America under siege, Ellen endures fifty-two days of hiding and scarcity, anxiously awaiting her husband's return. Amidst the chaos and brutality that has engulfed the nation, she decides to take a bold step that could lead to a transformative change. The story explores themes of resilience and hope in the face of overwhelming despair.
A pinball wizard for the twenty-first century, Wynne Ledbetter is surrounded by despair. His father is wasting away on workman's comp, his mother is a double-shift waitress obsessed with the lives of the saints, and his sister is a dropout junky. But Wynne has a plan. One of only three players in the country to solve the Tang Dynasty computer game, he will travel to the championships in New York City, where the winner pockets a cool million dollars. With this money, he'll put his sister in rehab, pay for his father's operation, and employ his mother in his very own computer repair shop. But he has to get there first. "STONE COLD DEAD SERIOUS...is the work of a playwright who is forging a real voice... Its rendering of the shared language of loved ones illustrates how families can remain intimate even when they are in shards. Its depiction of a working-class America that is unable to dream of anything beyond enduring is as sincerely sad a commentary on our culture as I've seen in recent memory. And its fear for young people is, unfortunately, deeply convincing." Bruce Weber, The New York Times
A riveting play about a creative writing professor at Yale and her brilliant, rebellious student, exploring the limits of what one person can ask of another.
Set against the backdrop of an intense summer, two young grifters embark on a risky quest to make a deal with the devil. As they navigate a world filled with temptation and danger, their journey explores themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of their choices. The heat of the season amplifies the tension, pushing them to confront their desires and the price they must pay for their ambitions.
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a family harboring a serial killer in their midst, from the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award finalist playwright Adam Rapp.
Jeden z nejzajímavějších současných newyorských dramatiků ve svém románu-debutu líčí s obrovskou dávkou docela drsného, ale inteligentního humoru a nemilosrdně zaznamenávajícím okem vtipného pozorovatele jisté stránky života v New Yorku: bydlení v chudinské a bohémské čtvrti Lower East Side, místní týpky, pomocnou práci ve velkém nakladatelství a kontakt s velkými šéfy (i jejich dcerou), svět malých divadelních scén, psaní románu a milostné drama s přistěhovalkyní z východní Evropy. Adam Rapp je mistr slova a génius dialogů a román má velkou šanci stát se kultovní knihou a zdrojem populárních slovních hlášek.