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Rabe, David

Overview
Works: 152 works in 371 publications in 14 languages and 15,768 library holdings
Genres: American drama  Drama  Movie novels  Black humor (Literature)  Comedies 
Roles: Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Interviewee, Recording engineer, Writer of accompanying material, Recipient, Bibliographic antecedent
Classifications: ps3568.a23, 812.54
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27 editions published between and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,226 libraries worldwide
Four young recruits and two veterans in an army barracks await the orders that will send them to Vietnam.
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7 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 1,189 libraries worldwide
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12 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 1,012 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 873 libraries worldwide
This play depicts the morally bankrupt world of four men who inhabit a Los Angeles filled with drugs, post-Vietnam despair, and Hollywood hype.
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2 editions published in in English and held by 678 libraries worldwide
Private Joseph Whitaker, with his Vietnam deployment papers in hand, spends his last weekend trying to find anyone who will acknowledge what he is about to do matters. In Saigon a prostitute, Quach Ngoc Lan, spends her days haggling and submitting to physical mortification - their chance encounter in Saigon forges a surprising connection.
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2 editions published in in English and held by 585 libraries worldwide
In the town of Belger, Iowa, recently divorced Janet Cawley is attempting to find some peace and quiet, and perhaps a solitary place where she can finally fall apart. She's quit her job teaching fourth grade, though with the money she has, she will probably get along fine for another six months. She still needs to extricate herself from an affair with an ex-colleague that has the neighbors talking, but after that she can spend her time alone, jogging, drinking, and making the occasional trip into town. Her plans are interrupted one morning by the sudden appearance of her now-deceased mother's oldest friend, Bernice, who has an urgent matter to discuss. Bernice's preacher, it seems, has informed his congregation that they are to be visited by the Rapture that very evening -- and Bernice's first question, and most pressing fear, is how her dogs and cats will be fed and cared for after she's gone.
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19 editions published between and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 547 libraries worldwide
On his release from jail, after serving a term for killing a girl while driving drunk, a man is met by the girl's father who gives him three days to live, after which he will kill him. The novel follows the two as they prepare for the appointed day, both hearing the girl talk to them from the grave.
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13 editions published between and 2011 in English and German and held by 511 libraries worldwide
"Shows us the 'Hollywood dream' turned into a nightmare world of failed male bonding, betrayal, and violence ..."--P. 128.
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6 editions published between and 1987 in English and held by 470 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 417 libraries worldwide
Young Jonathan finds a small, frightened squirrel on the road and brings it home tucked inside his sneaker. But the squirrel named Mr. Wellington is weak and listless, and fearful of the unfamiliar surroundings.
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6 editions published between and 1987 in English and held by 385 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published in in English and held by 357 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2008 in English and held by 348 libraries worldwide
Thomas and Anthony are lovers struggling with Anthony's final, exhausting battle with AIDS. Joined by their friend Susanah and a retired doctor, whose help Thomas has requested, they fashion a heartbreaking friendship as they work through the stages of a plan to relieve Anthony of his illness and his life. Each character does battle with the moral and legal issues that attend the decision to help Anthony die - is this murder or mercy? Rabe creates a passionate depiction of four people confronted with the reality of a loved one's fight with death, and a compelling dramatic event that poses the question: "What would you do?"
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3 editions published in in English and held by 343 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2008 in English and Slovenian and held by 340 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published between and 2000 in English and held by 277 libraries worldwide
After a man kills a dog that was threatening his cattle, he is drawn into a nightmare world of retribution and deceit.
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5 editions published between and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 236 libraries worldwide
Four young recruits and two veterans in an army barracks await the orders that will sent them to Vietnam.
 
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Alternative Names
Rabe, David
Rabe, David W. (David William), 1940-
Rabe, David William, 1940-
Raiēmp, D̲aiēvint, 1940-
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