{"product_id":"9781783191697","title":"BigmoutH\/SmallWaR : Two Plays","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBigmoutH\/SmallWaR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Valentijn Dhaenens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBigmoutH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe who picks his words well can turn the weakest argument into the strongest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eValentijn Dhaenens pays tribute to 2,500 years of oration. Ingeniously weaving together fragments of seminal sermons, declarations of war, farewells, final arguments, victory speeches and eulogies from the Grand Inquisitor and Socrates to Mohammed Ali and Osama Bin Laden, BigmoutH shows that the tricks of rhetoric have hardly changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmallWaR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen clean souls boil up in the backwash, they will consolidate after the final war, into a peace that shall endure… but not till then. By examining the things cast up in the backwash, we can gauge the progress of humanity. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen Newbold-La-Motte, nurse in a field hospital, behind the front lines in 1914. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA nurse maintains watchful vigil over patients as fragments of past wars lurk within the shadows. \u003ci\u003eSmallWaR\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story in the words of those who were there and led the way, and – crucially – those who followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Seldom has so much horror been made so tangible through such intimacy.” —\u003ci\u003eDe Standaard (Belguim) on SmallWar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dhaenens's writing is stark and poetic…a sensitive, thoughtful and often beautiful response to the continuing suffering caused by war.” —\u003ci\u003eTelegraph on SmallWar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unbearably poignant…The piece is as effective in demonstrating what war does with the minds and hearts of those involved, as it is at showing us the devastating physical consequences.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian on SmallWar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“an electrifying and transcendent piece of art.” —\u003ci\u003eExeunt on BigmoutH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If Dhaenens is new to you… brace yourself for an unnerving, technically risky and thought-provoking show… I would hate to have missed it.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times on BigmoutH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant… a fascinating experience.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian on BigmoutH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781783191697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40780895813838,"sku":"9781783191697","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9b922f30-4359-495d-bf84-f88b8a6bedf6.jpg?v=1642229583","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781783191697","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}