Scorched, Second Edition
by Wajdi Mouawad, trans.
Linda Gaboriau
A mother falls into complete
silence. Upon her death, her twin children are asked to uproot the source
of that silence. They must find the father they never knew, and the
brother they never knew they had. Their journey begins in Montreal but
the answers lie in the rubble of a war-torn desert.
Wajdi Mouawad’s writing
is powerful; a beautifully penned story that paves a path to a mother’s
unspeakable pain. The closer Janine and Simon get to finding the source
of her silence, the closer they are to uncovering a tragedy so horrific
it will engulf the world they know.
“This haunting work may be
the best piece of theatre this country has produced this millennium.”
—Globe and Mail
“Mouawad knows when to lighten
the load with broad comedy, when to scent the air with poetry that lingers
long afterwards, and when to use the inevitable building blocks of good
dramatic structure to create a towering edifice of pain everyone must
climb.” —Toronto Star
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