Song from Far Away [Paperback]

I drank three glasses of scotch and ginger ale before we'd even cleared Coney Island. I didn't want to come home. It was then that I decided to write you these letters.

On a crisp winter day in New York, Willem gets the call. It's Mum. Pauli's died. Come back to Amsterdam.

An unforgettable homecoming to an estranged family, a lost love, unsettling sex and an unexamined life.

One of Stephens's most poetic plays to date,Song from Far Awayreceived its UK premiere at the Young Vic, London, on 2 September 2015.

???An unexpected return to naturalism for Simon Stephens in this frail, gorgeous monologue??? ???Time Out London

???Simon Stephens'sSong From Far Awayis one of the saddest plays I have ever seen . . . offset by mournfully funny moments.??? ???Guardian

Simon Stephens began his theatrical career in the literary department of the Royal Court Theatre, where he ran its Young Writers' Programme. His plays for theatre include Bluebird (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1998, directed by Gordon Anderson);Herons(Royal Court Theatre, 2001);Port(Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2002);One Minute(Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2003 and Bush Theatre, London, 2004);Christmas(Bush Theatre, 2004);Country Music(Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2004);On the Shore of the Wide World(Royal Exchange Theatre and National Theatre, London, 2005); Motortown (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2006);Pornography(Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hanover, 2007; Edinburgh Festival/Birmingham Rep, 2008 and Tricycle Theatre, London, 2009);Harper Regan(National Theatre, 2008);Sea Wall(Bush Theatre, 2008/Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2009);Heaven(Traverse Theatre, 2009);Punk Rock(Lyric Hammersmith, London, and Royal Exchange Theatre, 2009);The Trial of Ubu(Essen Schauspielhaus/Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2010);A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky