{"product_id":"once-in-the-countryside-lloyd-suh-9781350439207","title":"Once in the Countryside: A Collection of Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the work of 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh, whose work contests the pastness of the past, revealing the unexpected ways that history reverberates across the present to shape the future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough his plays, Lloyd Suh has been documenting 150 years of Asian and Asian American experiences, exploring forgotten and ignored pivotal moments in Asian American history. His plays draw on a variety of forms and aesthetics to re-tell, re-discover, and re-invent the past. Unique in scope and perspective, these history plays offer a powerful metaphor for the ingenuity and endurance of Asian American communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside these five plays - \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Lady, The Far Country, Bina's Six Apples, Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Sellers \u003c\/i\u003e- this edition is rich with additional resources. Not only is each play accompanied by a preface by a theatre scholar and a postscript by a creative collaborator, but the collection opens with an introduction by editor Christine Mok and closes with a conversation with playwright himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, the plays, along with their context, criticism, and collaborative insight, offer an expansive view of Suh's vision in an inaugural collection to inspire theatre makers, actors, and students alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd Suh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350439207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350439207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lloyd Suh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974439194879,"sku":"9781350439207","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7399d41e-1d20-4a74-a1d0-afdd9aec7737.jpg?v=1750875030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/once-in-the-countryside-lloyd-suh-9781350439207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}