| Freeze: Volume 36 Contributor(s): Orlov, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771830689 ISBN-13: 9781771830683 Publisher: Guernica Editions OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2016935364 |
| Series: Essential Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 110 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Freeze is an allegorical comedy that dramatizes the Great Ice Storm of '98 as a metaphor for cooler, more tolerant times in Quebec compared to the separatist heat of earlier decades. Five Montrealers find themselves trapped inside the power-outed duplex of Nicole, a pur-laine pro-sovereignty journalist. Her boyfriend Curtis, a Black Anglo jazz musician, arrives with a shocking marriage proposal. Mickey, an Irish gambling-addicted handyman, exploits the storm by selling firewood at exorbitant prices. And Hydro Quebec lineman R jean tries to do his job, while Claire, the horny elderly neighbor, struggles to mediate. This dysfunctional quintet butt heads over politics and love, provoking us to ponder whether Montreal's two solitudes has become a stereotype in this new Century. |