{"product_id":"the-battle-of-the-sexes-nadezhda-ptushkina-9781782670827","title":"The Battle of the Sexes Russian Style","description":"Ptushkina's plays reflect her keen interest in constructing multidimensional characters that reflect the myriad ways people are affected by today's turbulent world. Often writing strong female roles, she does not shy away from exploring the sometimes tragic implications that lie behind her comical, almost farcical scenes. Ptushkina questions the nature of love, and explores the boundaries between the spiritual and the base, the constructive and the destructive, that lie within every human being. Her writing questions the relationship between ideals and reality, and between truth and deception. In this new translation, western readers have a chance to discover why Ptushkina's work holds such a wide appeal in the Russian theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\"The universal themes of love, the need for human closeness, and multifaceted complex female characters make Nadezhda Ptushkina's plays desirable material for any professional theatre,\" says Slava Yastremski in the preface to this edition.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrent edition contains such famous Ptushkina's plays as \u003cem\u003eI Pay Up Front\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSomebody Else's Candlelight\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMomma's Dying Again\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMy Goldfish\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRachel's Flute\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadezhda Ptushkina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782670823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782670827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glagoslav Publications B.V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Nadezhda Ptushkina","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938006401279,"sku":"9781782670827","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ff936c45-18ec-4ee1-9cd6-3b3fa37e3173.jpg?v=1681433195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-battle-of-the-sexes-nadezhda-ptushkina-9781782670827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}