“All forward thrust and hot-damn urgency…A brilliant; brawling epic. Screenwriter Tony Kushner blows the dust off history by investing it with flesh; blood; and churning purpose. . . . A great American movie.†–Peter Travers; Rolling Stone“Lincoln is a rough and noble democratic masterpiece. And the genius of Lincoln; finally; lies in its vision of politics as a noble; sometimes clumsy dialectic of the exalted and the mundane…And Mr. Kushner; whose love of passionate; exhaustive disputation is unmatched in the modern theater; fills nearly every scene with wonderful; maddening talk. Go see this movie.†–A.O. Scott; New York Times“A lyrical; ingeniously structured screenplay. Lincoln is one of the most authentic biographical dramas I’ve ever seen…grand and immersive. It plugs us into the final months of Lincoln’s presidency with a purity that makes us feel transported as if by time machine.†–Owen Gleiberman; Entertainment WeeklyA decade-long collaboration between three-time Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner; Lincoln is a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. Having just won re-election in a country divided; Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war; unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed; his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of America; and generations; to come. Containing eight pages of color photos from the film and inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin’s critically acclaimed Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln is now a major motion picture by DreamWorks starring two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis.Tony Kushner's plays include Angels in America; Parts One and Two; A Bright Room Called Day; Slavs!; Homebody/Kabul; Caroline; or Change; a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg's Munich. Kushner is the recipient of a Pultizer Prize; two Tony Awards; three Obie Awards; two Evening Standard Awards; an Olivier Award; an Emmy Award; and two Oscar nominations; among other honors. In 2008 he was the first recipient of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy J. KennedyThis book is proving invaluable in my research on women in the Holocaust.3 of 5 people found the following review helpful. books about the HolocaustBy emmieThe title of this book was enough to tell me that I wanted to read it.Of all the books about the holocaust I have read; this book had the most stories told by women. It was very interesting that women were more likely than men;to help and nuture each other through the horrific suffering. Perhaps it enabled some to survive. If not to survive; it lessened some of the suffering they endured while in the "camps". Different Voices: Women of the Holocaust is a compilation of women's daily; weekly; andin the end; years of surviving in Nazi camps.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Book qualityBy ShannonGreat quality! Totally worth the money I spent on this book; almost new! I will come back if I need more books.
