{"product_id":"bliss-paperback-2","title":"Bliss - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivier Choiniére\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaryl Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Wal-Mart. On their break, a cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'See you Later, Celine, ' says a headline. What's wrong with Celine? Why is she turning her back on her glamorous public life, her adoring fans? And how is her story connected to the story of an unknown woman on the facing page? It's not. Until the Oracle intervenes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choini re explores our insatiable appetite for private lives made public. In a new translation by Caryl Churchill, \u003ci\u003e Bliss \u003c\/i\u003eis a clever, disturbing piece about the damage done by vicarious living\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Choini re\u003c\/b\u003e founded the L'ACTIVIT  Theatre Company in 2000 for which he has written and directed extensively. His French-language translations of English plays include \u003ci\u003eLes Points Tournants (Passing Places\u003c\/i\u003e) by Stephen Greenhorn and \u003ci\u003eRoad\u003c\/i\u003e by Jim Cartwright. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaryl Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include\u003ci\u003e Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Number\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivier Choiniére graduated from the National School of Canada in 1996 with a degree in playwriting. He has written 20 plays in his native Quebecois and translated authors such as Mark O'Rowe. In 2001 he won the Canada Council's Future Generations Millennium Prize. CARYL CHURCHILL's plays include Cloud Nine (revived in 2007 to huge acclaim at the Almeida, London), Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number. Most are published by NHB.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 67\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219226640633,"sku":"9781559363358","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MEhYY3JYVGU5VW5kdGdFc296K280dz09.webp?v=1768165718","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bliss-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}