{"product_id":"frances-ya-chu-cowhigs-china-trilogy-frances-ya-chu-cowhig-9781350234376","title":"Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's China Trilogy: Three Parables of Global Capital: The World of Extreme Happiness; Snow in Midsummer; The King of Hell's Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Some playwrights have a gift to amuse; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has a darker gift. Anyone with romantic notions of Chinese culture will be unsettled by the jagged, unsentimental portrait of modern urban China.\"\u003c\/i\u003e(Chicago Reader) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoetic and devastating, sensuous and politically acute, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's China Plays explore the forces of global capital as they explode within the lives of everyday people in contemporary China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume collects together the three plays in the series, including Cowhig's exploration of the human cost of development in China's socialist market economy (\u003ci\u003eThe World of Extreme Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e), of justice and revenge amidst ecological and economic catastrophe (\u003ci\u003eSnow in Midsummer\u003c\/i\u003e), and the tale of the trade in blood that brought the AIDS crisis to rural China (\u003ci\u003eThe King of Hell's Palace\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to Cowhig's plays, the volume includes a host of supplemental materials including an editorial preface and three (previously published) brief essays responding to each play by the editor, Joshua Chambers-Letson; a new introduction by theatre\/performance scholar and dramaturg Christine Mok that explores the key themes in Cowhig's body of work; a summary discussion between Cowhig, Chambers-Letson, and Mok, on Cowhig's process and the political and aesthetic currents animating her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe World of Extreme Happiness: \u003c\/b\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eFearless, zippily-paced, and satirical . . . Cowhig forces us down the long hard look path\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Independent) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSnow in Midsummer\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003ci\u003e\"Gripping and affecting... graceful and impassioned\" (Times) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe King of Hell's Palace: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"A medical-scandal drama that we can't afford to ignore\" (Telegraph)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350234370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350234376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.14w x 0.71d","brand":"Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990966141183,"sku":"9781350234376","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c2199bb-3e65-4e06-8c0d-9aee1ff55b9a.jpg?v=1683307680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frances-ya-chu-cowhigs-china-trilogy-frances-ya-chu-cowhig-9781350234376","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}