{"product_id":"the-iceman-cometh-eugene-oneill-9780300117431","title":"The Iceman Cometh","description":"\u003cb\u003eEugene O'Neill's darkest and most nihilistic play, with a foreword by Harold Bloom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"We live and die, in the spirit, in solitude, and the true strength of \u003ci\u003eIceman \u003c\/i\u003eis its intense dramatic exemplification of that somber reality. . . . Life, in \u003ci\u003eIceman\u003c\/i\u003e, is what it is in Schopenhauer: illusion.\"--Harold Bloom, from the Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Iceman Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams. Eugene O'Neill--the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature--completed \u003ci\u003eIceman \u003c\/i\u003ein 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a long run of performances in 1946 after receiving mixed reviews. Three years after O'Neill's death, Jason Robards starred in a Broadway revival that brought new critical attention to O'Neill's darkest and most nihilistic play. Since then, \u003ci\u003eThe Iceman Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e has gained enormously in stature; many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300117434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300117431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.02w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Eugene O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044290130175,"sku":"9780300117431","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ab0fd02-92a4-4d5e-97ad-36a88f16f295.jpg?v=1684971998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-iceman-cometh-eugene-oneill-9780300117431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}