{"product_id":"home-paperback-9","title":"Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Storey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne works. One looks around. One meets people. But very little communication takes place . . . That is the nature of this little island.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs five apparently unrelated characters meet in a seemingly insignificant garden, the autumnal sun shines overhead and everybody waits for rain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat they discuss is superficially anything that can pass the time. What is portrayed is the very essence of England, Englishness, class, unfulfilled ambition, loves lost and homes that no longer exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStorey's timeless play is a beautiful, compassionate, tragic and darkly funny study of the human mind and a once-great nation coming to terms with its new place in the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Storey \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Wakefield and is a Fellow of University College, London. His plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Restoration of Arnold Middleton\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), which won the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright; \u003ci\u003eThe Contractor\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eHome \u003c\/i\u003e(1970) and \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Room\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), all of which won the New York Critics Best Play of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eIn Celebration\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), which was adapted as a film in 1974 starring Alan Bates; \u003ci\u003eLife Class\u003c\/i\u003e (1975); and \u003ci\u003eThe Farm \u003c\/i\u003e(1973). All of these plays were first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, while \u003ci\u003eEarly Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eThe March on Russia \u003c\/i\u003e(1989) and \u003ci\u003eStages \u003c\/i\u003e(1992) all premiered at the National Theatre.\u003c\/p\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 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717575938111,"sku":"9781472528476","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a84eac41615069df205e2ef03c69787f.webp?v=1765078945","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/home-paperback-9","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}