{"product_id":"new-downtown-now-9780816647316","title":"New Downtown Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrings together ten works that show the excitement and possibilities of the theater. Characterized by fragmenting structure, hypnotic rhythms, kaleidoscopic imagery, unpredictable characters, and lyrical language, these plays resemble puzzles from which the writers are teasing revelations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These are made-up worlds, but made up out of the junk of the real. Many of these plays betray the American delight in the tinkerer's habit and the outsider's pleasure in the beauty of random arrangement, the accidental, and the discarded. What makes them so powerful is their obsession with truth of perception and precision of expression.\" - Mac Wellman, from the Preface\"","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405956292951,"sku":"9780816647316","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816647316.jpg?v=1730494036","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/new-downtown-now-9780816647316","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}