Belle Isle: A five-act play - Paperback

by George Saitoh (Author)

The closed loop of an island family is bounded on the inside and outside by violence. Life performs its rigid and terrifying circuit until one by one each child flees into the night-choosing the totality of external chaos over continuing to face it on two fronts along a worn track where hope died a generation before. David, the last to flee breaks the island, the circuit, and the camel's back. In a psychotherapist's salon the fragments of the island are hallucinated back into a narrative loop of double-bind despair. But this time round with a less unbeautiful-and more foreign-prospect.

Author Biography

George Saitoh is the penname of Gary Quinn. Born in Dublin he holds a PhD in molecular biology from the University of York. He lives in Tokyo and teaches at Waseda University. His art essays, drama, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous literary journals. His plays have been staged in Tokyo and Dublin. Also an independent filmmaker, he is a supporter of marginalized and minority voices in art & literature. www.georgesaitoh.com twitter: @george_saitoh