{"product_id":"the-black-eyed-architecture-betty-shamieh-9780881454017","title":"The Black Eyed \u0026 Architecture","description":"This collection includes one full-length play, THE BLACK EYED, and one short play, ARCHITECTURE. THE BLACK EYED: Four Arab women from across the ages meet in the afterlife. As these characters - who include the Biblical Delilah and a secular modern Arab-American - struggle to come to terms with their lives and their choices, this shockingly funny play skewers traditional views on sex, family, and terrorism. ARCHITECTURE: A short play based on the character of the Architect from the play THE BLACK EYED. \"A gorgeously conceived and realized drama ...  Shamieh's] theatrical imagination, in its agility and its urgency, brings to mind Tony Kushner, whose faith in eloquence as an instrument of change is echoed here.\" -The New Yorker \"Shamieh's writing is powerful  Violence haunts the four Palestinian women occupying an anteroom of the afterlife ... these souls in Samuel Beckett-like transit are The Black Eyed which happens to be the title of Betty Shamieh's provocative theater piece.\" -International Herald Tribune \"A chillingly beautiful piece about the relationship between seduction and violence \" -San Francisco Weekly \"From its first words, Shamieh's play grabs you and won't let go.\" -Oakland Tribune \"Shamieh's writing is thoughtful, her perspective informed.\" -The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Shamieh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 088145401X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881454017\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 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Betty Shamieh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926751543551,"sku":"9780881454017","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_74609a1b-0fd5-41fc-8ae7-fee42870bccc.jpg?v=1681084811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-eyed-architecture-betty-shamieh-9780881454017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}