{"product_id":"argonautika-mary-zimmerman-9780810126060","title":"Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs in her Tony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Zimmerman transforms Greek mythology--here the story of Jason and the Argonauts--into a mesmerizing piece of theater. Encountering an array of daunting challenges in their \"first voyage of the world,\" Jason and his crew illus­trate the essence of all such journeys to follow--their un­predictability, their inspiring and overwhelming breadth of emotion, their lessons in the inevitability of failure and loss. Bursts of humor and fantastical creatures enrich a story whose characters reveal remarkable complexity. Medea is profoundly sympathetic even as the seeds are sown for the monstrous life ahead of her, and the brute strength of Hercules leaves him no less vulnerable to the vicissitudes of love. Zimmerman brings to \u003ci\u003eArgonautika \u003c\/i\u003eher trademark ability to encompass the full range of human experience in a work as entertaining as it is enlightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Zimmerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810126060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810126060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.09w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Zimmerman's credits as an adapter and a director include Metamor­phoses, \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJourney to the West \u003c\/i\u003e(all published by North­western) and \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been produced at the Lookingglass Theatre and Goodman Theatre of Chicago; on Broadway at Circle in the Square; in New York at Second Stage, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Manhattan Theatre Club; and at many other major regional theaters around the country and abroad. She has also directed at the Metropolitan Opera. Zimmerman is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and won a Tony Award for her direction of\u003ci\u003e Metamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Zimmerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045677920511,"sku":"9780810126060","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a7e68b5-c79e-4e26-a219-db36fd392b9d.jpg?v=1684980099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/argonautika-mary-zimmerman-9780810126060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}