{"product_id":"9780571211326","title":"Nocturne : A Play","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNocturne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Adam Rapp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins Adam Rapp's highly acclaimed play \u003ci\u003eNocturne\u003c\/i\u003e, in which a 32-year-old former piano prodigy recounts the tragic events that tore his family apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a keen eye for human relationships and a deft ear for language, Rapp explores the aftershock of this unimaginable event. The father is so incapable of forgiveness he puts a gun in his son's mouth; the mother so shattered, she deserts the family and eventually takes leave of her sanity altogether; the son--only 17 years old at the time--sets out for New York City. There, he seeks an uneasy refuge in books and reinvents himself as a writer. Across the decade and a half that follows he tries to cope with the ramifications of his own anguish and estrangement while making a desperate search for redemption. \u003cbr\u003eA devastating, elegant, and gripping dissection of the American dream, \u003ci\u003eNocturne\u003c\/i\u003e signals a brave new voice in American theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant, terrifying, perceptive, occasionally funny play . . . bold, daring and succesful.” —\u003ci\u003eDonald Lyons, New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A playwright . . . to watch with keen interest.” —\u003ci\u003eMarkland Taylor, Variety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A startling, unnerving work of art that fiercely pushes the boundaries of theater.” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Kuchwara, Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Saroyan Writing Prize - Finalist (2003)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571211326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594023317710,"sku":"9780571211326","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_438196a5-9d03-4cf7-a79c-c0be9fcc8a2a.jpg?v=1637799067","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571211326","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}