{"product_id":"tales-of-the-lost-formicans-constance-congdon-9780881450910","title":"Tales Of The Lost Formicans","description":"This witty and passionate play explores the story of a man with Alzheimer's and at the same time turns into \"a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens from outer space.\" The play has a wonderful comic sensibility, but this is a chillingly painful play addressing postmodern society's collective nervous breakdown. \"If not the best new play of recent years, surely this is the most imaginative. Constance Congdon's brilliant Off-Broadway script wryly deflects the story of a man with Alzheimer's disease into a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens.\" -William Henry III, Time \"Constance Congdon's TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways - starting with its deliciously wry title ... you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and more from her ... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three generations' worth of stress simultaneously ...\" -Michael Feingold, Village Voice \"... a savagely uncompromising play of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home truths ... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with sure command of language and her subject ...\" -Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue \"Congdon's writing creates dialogue that crackles with wit, imagination and incisive passion ...\" -A J Esta, Drama-Logue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constance Congdon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 088145091X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881450910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"Constance Congdon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616372879615,"sku":"9780881450910","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_611f7ea9-7742-476a-baac-a43622b0be69.jpg?v=1703019988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-of-the-lost-formicans-constance-congdon-9780881450910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}