{"product_id":"shakeshafte-and-other-plays-paperback","title":"Shakeshafte and Other Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRowan Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathered together for the first time, these three plays by Rowan Williams-known throughout the world not only as a religious leader and theologian but also as a poet and critic-explore the inner life of words and images. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakeshafte\u003c\/em\u003e imagines an encounter between a young sixteenth century Englishman with a faintly familiar surname and an undercover Jesuit missionary. Two visions of how words change the world collide and converge and slip away again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Flat Roof of the World\u003c\/em\u003e introduces us to the ageing and troubled artist and poet, David Jones, haunted by his experience of both war and love, struggling to hold together a world of insight and connectedness that is being torn apart by modernity-and by his own fragmented and traumatic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLazarus\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid meditation on what it means for a word literally to give life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dramatically and verbally intense, these plays memorably open up the space where faith and imagination speak to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775260197152,"sku":"9781639821020","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a33f734169393096262599c6e2b27447.webp?v=1780459949","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shakeshafte-and-other-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}