01671cam a2200349 i 4500 547064542 TxGeo 20220121120000.0 200505s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020019918 9780385352383 hbk. 0385352387 hbk. (OCoLC)1154101988 TxGeo rda Hawke, Ethan, 1970- A bright ray of darkness / Ethan Hawke. First edition. New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 237 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/writer/director is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak--a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair, and a passionate love letter to the world of theater, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before."--Publisher's description. 20220207. Actors Fiction. Adultery Fiction. Young men Fiction. Fame Fiction. Theater Psychological aspects Fiction. Domestic fiction. QS5