# A Particle of Dread

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- Book: [A Particle of Dread](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard/a-particle-of-dread) ([A Particle of Dread.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard/a-particle-of-dread.md))
- Authors: [Sam Shepard](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-11-0197-439-1
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2017-03-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In A Particle of Dread, Sam Shepard takes one of the most famous plays in history—Oedipus Rex—and transforms it into a modern American classic. In this telling, Oedipus, King of Thebes, prophesized...