{"product_id":"9781913630669","title":"The Angel in the Trees and Other Monologues","description":"Author: Dan O'Brien\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781913630669\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Salamander Street Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jan 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lapsed academic haunted by her past, and by an ambiguous angel, in the backwoods of the American South; a Midwestern widower dreams of returning to the Ireland of his youth; a heartsick cabbie auditions for his ex in a pub-theatre in Cork City; a schizophrenic grapples for freedom from the mother in his mind; three voices of the COVID-19 pandemic seek long-distance resolution and reunion. In these and other monologues, selected from over two decades of work, award-winning American playwright Dan O'Brien illuminates, in heartbreaking and unwavering fashion, the humanity of lost souls longing to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dan O'Brien is a playwright-poet who, like a mash-up of Seamus Heaney and Dashiel Hammett, puts the audience in the middle of an unfolding mystery promising both revelation and terror, and delivering an equal measure of both.\" Robert Schenkkan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"O'Brien is an outstanding wordsmith and a sharp observer of character.\"Variety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"emotionally gripping, psychologically astute...a bracing and absorbing piece of theater.\"New York Times(Critics' Pick) onThe Body of an American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar Reporter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"utterly riveting...frequently exhilarating\"The Washington PostonThe Body of an American\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925012103326,"sku":"ING-9781913630669","price":23.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781913630669.jpg?v=1782957374","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781913630669","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}