{"product_id":"a-dybbuk-tony-kushner-9781559361378","title":"A Dybbuk: And Other Tales of the Supernatural","description":"\"Tony Kushner's adaptation of \u003ci\u003eA Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e, perhaps the greatest classic of Yiddish drama, is passionate and illuminating.\" -Clive Barnes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Some playwrights want to change the world. Some want to revolutionize theater. Tony Kushner is that rarity of rarities: a writer who has the promise to do both.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As filtered through Kushner, the play has a deep wistfulness about a flawed but rich culture on the precipice of apocalyptic change, about technology poised to tear through ancient truths and the seductions of assimilation ready to devastate whatever culture is left after the slaughters of the twentieth century.\" -Linda Winer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first part of the book features Tony Kushner's remarkable, imaginative adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e by S. Ansky (from Joachim Neugroschel's translation), with an afterword by Harold Bloom. Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter who is possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved. Also included in this volume is a selection of stories translated into English for the first time by Joachim Neugroschel, illuminating different aspects of the Jewish mystical world, including possessions, transmigration, fairy tales, parables and miracles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Kushner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559361379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559361378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1998 pg. 1851","brand":"Tony Kushner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980093849855,"sku":"9781559361378","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62ab0d11-19d0-4056-8de5-48413e0612cf.jpg?v=1683248354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dybbuk-tony-kushner-9781559361378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}