{"product_id":"this-isnt-romance-in-sook-chappell-9781840029109","title":"This Isn't Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter their parent's death, siblings Han and Miso are forced into destitution and life upon the streets of Korea.However, Miso is rescued from poverty at the age of ten by an English family, and leaving her younger brother in Korea to fend for himself, she escapes to England and a life of prosperity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in modern day Korea, This Isn't Romance opens with the first meeting between the estranged siblings after their separation as children.Miso, driven by guilt over the abandonment, returns to Korea to seek out Han and make amends for the past but in doing so rekindles the dangerous passions within their relationship.What ensues is a provocative and controversial drama incorporating themes of violence, tempestuous incest and self-brutality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, despite the traumas which haunt the drama and siblings lives, the play closes upon a sense of resolution and hope, presenting the reconciled pair looking forward to their new future together. This Isn't Romance is Chappell's first professional production, an extraordinary debut which won her the Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award in 2007. It opened at the Soho Theatre in February 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e In-Sook Chappell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1840029102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840029109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"In-Sook Chappell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245327020287,"sku":"9781840029109","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5b14e2e-5b5b-4f85-8afc-0fa306cf0247.jpg?v=1693927414","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-isnt-romance-in-sook-chappell-9781840029109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}