{"product_id":"dogeaters-jessica-hagedorn-9781559362153","title":"Dogeaters: A Play about the Philippines","description":"\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, \"Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hagedorn \u003c\/b\u003eis a performance artist, poet, novelist and playwright, born and raised in the Philippines. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eDogeaters \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin 1990) which was nominated for a National Book Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster of Love \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin 1996); a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eDanger and Beauty \u003c\/i\u003e(City Lights 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Hagedorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559362154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362153\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\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Jessica Hagedorn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986958844159,"sku":"9781559362153","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cba828ac-3be4-4c82-8eab-a1c5804f9469.jpg?v=1683286168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dogeaters-jessica-hagedorn-9781559362153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}