{"product_id":"dead-soulsspring-71-arthur-adamov-9781840026849","title":"Dead Souls\/Spring 71","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Russia, Arthur Adamov was educated in Geneva and Paris and wrote in French. His avant-garde and often political plays were grouped with the Theatre of the Absurd, but he felt that they were about life, and that life, while often difficult, was never absurd. This volume brings together his two major works in stunning translations by Peter Meyer, originally commissioned by BBC Radio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is Adamov's dramatisation of Gogol's blackly comic novel. Mysterious entrepreneur Tchitchikov approaches the landowners and bureaucrats of a provincial town with the proposal that he will buy the 'dead souls' of deceased peasants, and in the process exposes a society filled with paranoia and corruption.\u003cbr\u003eMotivated in part by his own communist sympathies, \u003ci\u003eSpring '71\u003c\/i\u003e reflects Adamov's view of the Paris Commune in 1871. A rich and complex depiction of a city in the throes of major upheaval, it interweaves satire, history and tragedy to show how the stories of normal people influence- and are influenced by - the onward march of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Adamov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1840026847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840026849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 6.37w x 0.51d","brand":"Arthur Adamov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077574783231,"sku":"9781840026849","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba573641-2bb7-4350-b1c6-708535094aed.jpg?v=1685470683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-soulsspring-71-arthur-adamov-9781840026849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}