{"product_id":"god-of-vengeance-sholom-asch-9781559362337","title":"God of Vengeance","description":"\"Diabolical ingenuity and rueful tenderness...a playwright with a particularly pungent and intelligent vision.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A vivid panorama of a Lower East Side street scene crammed with grimy tenements, riotous store fronts and packed pushcarts...epic theatre...a fascinating new adaptation of Sholom Asch's 1906 drama.\" -Malcolm Johnson, \u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Chapman runs a brothel on the first floor of his tenement and while he is prosperous, he is not virtuous. For his daughter Rivkele, however, Jack aspires for something more--respectability through her marriage to a religious scholar. But Rivkele's tender love affair with Manke, one of Jack's prostitutes, threatens to destroy the upcoming marriage, and with it, Jack's dream of redemption. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donald Margulies transforms Sholom Asch's classic mortality tale into a work of spellbinding power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003ci\u003eDinner with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. The play received numerous awards, including the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, the Dramatists Guild\/Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk nomination, and has been produced all over the United States and around the world. In addition to his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eGod of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, his many plays include \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Country House, Sight Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Model Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loman Family Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Wrong with This Picture?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime Stands Still\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Margulies currently lives with his wife and their son in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches playwriting at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sholom Asch, Donald Margulies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559362332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362337\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 02\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 5.20w x 0.33d","brand":"Sholom Asch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939629924607,"sku":"9781559362337","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eb335791-e69e-4ff6-ab6b-6089667a7e54.jpg?v=1681442611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-of-vengeance-sholom-asch-9781559362337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}