{"product_id":"9780571190140","title":"Art : A Play","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eArt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Yasmina Reza\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tony Award-winning play that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painting) as well as the meaning of friendship, to both the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is not some irrelevant fringe production; it is a major intervention in the cultural debate of the country by people who are keen to keep the reactionary tides running. It is probably the most sustained attack on modernism yet seen on the British stage, and it represents a stern challenge to the brilliant success story of British contemporary art.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Not only brings to the stage a topical debate, it makes it invigorating, touching and finally disturbing. This dark comedy, translated from the French, in sparkling form, explores its themes through a rift between friends.” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkably wise, witty and intelligent comedy . . . has touched a universal nerve.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chic, short, and wickedly, perceptively funny, it's the perfect West End play.” —\u003ci\u003eNick Curtis, Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eArt\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated from the French by Christopher Hampton, is filled from first curtain to ending with a dazzling array of language.” —\u003ci\u003eIris Fanger, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's an actor's dream, a nonstop cross-fire of crackling language, serious issues of life and art expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne. Brilliantly translated by Christopher Hampton, . . . \u003ci\u003eArt \u003c\/i\u003etakes that yawny old bore, the play of ideas, and jolts it to life.” —\u003ci\u003eJack Kroll, Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571190140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592949346510,"sku":"9780571190140","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_92f4c963-ba7b-4c47-a85c-8e840f26c7b3.jpg?v=1637778136","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571190140","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}