{"product_id":"bliss-fraser-grace-9781350346239","title":"Bliss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's good to see you're alive. Good to know not all the ghosts in the streets are enemies...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1921. Russia. Winter. When Nikita returns home from the brutal civil war, he attempts to start a new life with his drunken father Mikhail and his new wife Lyuba, the feisty young girl he remembers from his school days. When Nikita fails to consummate his marriage - all the while aware that he is being haunted by a mysterious figure - escape is the only solution he can find. He finally emerges in a new town further along the Potudan River, only to be accused of an ambiguous crime against the Soviet State... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on a short story by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov (1899-1951), \u003ci\u003eBliss \u003c\/i\u003eis a kaleidoscope of hopes, dreams and realities, as the survivors of years of devastating war and political revolution search for their 'bliss' in post-war Soviet Russia. They quickly learn that a society needs time to recover from catastrophe, and that the future is only built by those who manage to accept their past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eBliss\u003c\/i\u003e was published alongside the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London in May 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fraser Grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350346233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350346239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.19d","brand":"Fraser Grace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075590025471,"sku":"9781350346239","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33195ecd-8c2c-42a5-a856-f9233947c39e.jpg?v=1685460322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bliss-fraser-grace-9781350346239","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}