{"product_id":"proof-a-play-paperback","title":"Proof: A Play - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Auburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Auburn's \u003ci\u003eProof \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was adapted to film by director John Madden, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, and Jake Gyllenhaal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most acclaimed plays of the 1999-2000 season, \u003ci\u003eProof \u003c\/i\u003eis a work that explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her sister, Claire, who wants to take Catherine back to New York with her, and Hal, a former student of Catherine's father who hopes to find some hint of Robert's genius among his incoherent scribblings. The passion that Hal feels for math both moves and angers Catherine, who, in her exhaustion, is torn between missing her father and resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. For Catherine has inherited at least a part of her father's brilliance -- and perhaps some of his instability as well. As she and Hal become attracted to each other, they push at the edges of each other's knowledge, considering not only the unpredictability of genius but also the human instinct toward love and trust.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Auburn\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eSkyscraper\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwich House Theater) and \u003ci\u003eFifth Planet\u003c\/i\u003e (New York Stage and Film). In 2001 he received the Kesselring Prize and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.25 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756374393120,"sku":"9780571199976","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72d2adc1e91be749bd68ba6bd96051a1.webp?v=1780079226","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/proof-a-play-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}