{"product_id":"orpheus-descending-and-suddenly-last-summer-paperback","title":"Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer - 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\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story, a plea for spiritual and artistic freedom, as well as a portrait of racism and intolerance. When charismatic drifter Valentine Xavier arrives in a Mississippi Delta town with his guitar and snakeskin jacket, he becomes a trigger for hatred and a magnet for three outcast souls: storekeeper Lady Torrance, \"lewd vagrant\" Carol Cutrere, and religious visionary Vee Talbot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, described by its author as a \"short morality play,\" has become one of his most notorious works due in no small part to the film version starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift that shocked audiences in 1959. A menacing tale of madness, jealousy, and denial, the horrors in \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e build to a heart-stopping conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith perceptive new introductions by playwright Martin Sherman -- he reframes \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e in a political context and explores the psychology and sensationalism surrounding \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e -- this volume also offers Williams's related essay, \"The Past, the Present, and the Perhaps,\" and a chronology of the playwright's life and works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219355517177,"sku":"9780811219396","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SGHphus7Hm9780811219396.webp?v=1768166011","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/orpheus-descending-and-suddenly-last-summer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}