{"product_id":"9781472517456","title":"Longing","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLonging\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll things pass – is this your philosophy? Is there no room for love in your philosophy of life?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned and best-selling novelist William Boyd, CBE, adapts two Chekhov short stories, \u003ci\u003eA Visit to Friends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, to weave a comic tale about nineteenth-century Russian provincial life, both familiar and unfamiliar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Kolia is invited to visit his oldest friends on their Estate in the country he anticipates a pleasant break from Moscow life. But as the comedy of provincial life plays out around him, he finds himself adrift in a miasma of false expectations, missed opportunities, and unspoken passions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWilliam Boyd \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Whitbread Award; the Somerset Maugham Award; the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the Prix Jean Monnet and the Costa Novel of the Year award. An adaptation of his novel \u003ci\u003eRestless \u003c\/i\u003ehas been produced for the BBC. \u003ci\u003eLonging \u003c\/i\u003eis his first play.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 April 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472517456\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331529113740,"sku":"9781472517456","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472517456","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}