{"product_id":"the-comedienne-wladyslaw-stanislaw-reymont-9780987153241","title":"The Comedienne","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Com馘ienne draws on Nobel Prize winner, Wladyslav Reymont's, own experiences as an actor in a struggling provincial theatre at the fin de siecle, at time of massive social upheaval in Europe. Reymont depicts, in a slow burning tragedy, a young provincial Janina, the com馘ienne of the title, who joins a Warsaw theatre company and struggles toward what was then a very modern notion of personal freedom. A 'Com馘ienne' also played drama and tragedy and the word in Polish had some connotation of a deceiver. As such, the title in Reymont's day would have implied a somewhat darker novel that we might unwittingly expect today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been completely re-edited and includes over 500 amendments, corrections and new translations to the orignal text. The introduction by Marianna Rychlowska includes;\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiographical details of the author\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical context of the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLiterary notes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical review of early theatre in Poland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheatre reportage by Henryk Sienkiewicz\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese unique insights provide the contemporary reader with much of the commonly understood historical context that was assumed of the original audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0987153242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987153241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skomlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.60d","brand":"Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992610603263,"sku":"9780987153241","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40fd8055-b056-4f7f-9a4c-9f7551eae111.jpg?v=1683319844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-comedienne-wladyslaw-stanislaw-reymont-9780987153241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}