A Bomb in the Heart
by Wajdi Mouawad
translated by Linda Gaboriau
A call late at night has Wahab springing into action. Despite a blinding snowstorm, an irritating bus driver, and a spinning wheel of worries, Wahab travels to his dying mother's hospital room. A journey of two kinds, A Bomb in the Heart is about a young man's relationship to his mother, the pain of loss, and about understanding the voice deep within.
close this panelWajdi Mouawad was born in Lebanon in 1968. Mouawad fled the war-torn country with his family; they lived in Paris for a few years, then settled in Montreal. In 1991, shortly after graduating from the National Theatre School, he embarked on a career as an actor, writer, director, and producer. In all his work, from his own plays—a dozen so far, including Journ—e de noces chez les Cromagnons (Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons?), Littoral (Tideline), and Incendies (Scorched” which served as the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Incendies)?Wajdi Mouawad is guided by the central notion that “all art bears witness to human existence through the prism of beauty.” From 2000–2004 he was the artistic director of Montreal's Th??tre de Quat—Sous; in 2005 he founded two companies specializing in the development of new work: Ab” carr” c” carr” in Canada (with Emmanuel Schwartz), and Au carr” de l—hypot—nuse in France. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours for his writing and directing, including the 2000 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama (Littoral), the 2002 Chevalier de l—Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres (France) and the 2004 Prix de la Francophonie. He is currently Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre French Theatre.
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