{"product_id":"the-floating-island-plays-paperback","title":"The Floating Island Plays - 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\u003eEduardo Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though his work is intimate in scale, the tale it implicitly tells is of epic historical dimensions, involving sweeping political, economic, social and religious change.\" -Frank Rich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eFloating Island Plays\u003c\/i\u003e Cuban-American dramatist Eduardo Machado explores the meaning of his homeland's history. This tragi-comic quartet tells the twentieth-century story of several extended families, linked by marriage and then by exile in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa\u003c\/i\u003e shows one family's climb to wealth in the Cuba of 1928-31. Castro's seize of power is the offstage catalytic event in both \u003ci\u003eFabiola\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Hurricane\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBroken Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e takes place at a southern California wedding in 1979 and reveals the complexities of life in America for three generations of displaced persons. Machado's vision is Chekhovian in its complexity, in its balance of criticism and compassion. The story he tells is at once political drama and social comedy, speaking directly to every citizen of the modern world who can't go home again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEduardo Machado\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine, growing up in Los Angeles. He is the author of more than forty plays, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Hurricane\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnce Removed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStevie Wants to Play the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Machado has taught playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and New York University. He has received three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a Rockefeller grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEduardo Machado\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine, growing up in Los Angeles. He is the author of more than forty plays, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Hurricane\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnce Removed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStevie Wants to Play the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Machado has taught playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and New York University. He has received three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a Rockefeller grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219281723641,"sku":"9781559360340","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QklrZzhhajBsemtaZVhyU1Mxdyt6QT09.webp?v=1768165845","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-floating-island-plays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}