{"product_id":"the-book-of-grace-paperback","title":"The Book of Grace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e offers further evidence that Suzan-Lori Parks thinks big even when she thinks small... The family portrait she paints here is nothing less than a map of a nation that is divided within itself and poised to fall... This play is infused with an exciting emotional ambiguity that transforms its characters into people of splendidly confused humanity.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Suzan-Lori Parks has laid out the conflicts among these characters with such economy and clarity that they run like a taut steel cord throughout the play; it's as lean and direct a drama as she's written.\" -Robert Faires, \u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncouraged by his stepmother to return home to South Texas, a young man reunites with his abusive father, unearthing an explosive combination of deep-seated passion and ambition. Described by Suzan-Lori Parks as a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e, this fierce and intimate three-person drama premiered in 2010 at New York's Public Theater, and is published here with the playwright's final, revised text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2002 \u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks\u003c\/b\u003e became the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other plays include \u003ci\u003eFather Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, \u0026amp;3), In the Blood, Venus, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Fucking A, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe America Play\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2007 her \u003ci\u003e365 Days\/365 Plays\u003c\/i\u003e was produced in more than seven hundred theaters worldwide. Ms. Parks is a MacArthur Fellow and Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771585331488,"sku":"9781559364058","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/97b15d32d18dc64cae36a9f853be4bd3.webp?v=1780388910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-book-of-grace-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}