{"product_id":"the-long-christmas-ride-home-paperback","title":"The Long Christmas Ride Home - 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\u003ePaula Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant . . . even more ambitious than Vogel's \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned to Drive\u003c\/em\u003e . . . it covers more ground and is bolder in its storytelling. Vogel's language is at its most poetic, eloquent and elegiac. In fact, its vivid imagery rivals the prose style of any great American short story writer. The play sounds like it might have been adapted from a beautiful, undiscovered novella.\"-\u003cem\u003eNew Haven Register\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most absorbing evenings of theatre to come along in some time.\"-\u003cem\u003eVariety\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePast and present collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play proves that magic can be found in the simplest breaths of life. Combining the elements of No theatre and Bunraku with contemporary Western sensibilities, Vogel's \u003cem\u003eRide\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing homage to the works of Thornton Wilder, including \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e. A moving and memorable study of the American family careening near the edge of oblivion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Vogel is the author of How I Learned to Drive (Pulitzer Prize 1998), The Baltimore Waltz and The Mineola Twins, among other plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219213598969,"sku":"9781559362498","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aEFXS2RscXJFeGVPRmc4RExRWDBNZz09.webp?v=1768165688","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-long-christmas-ride-home-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}