{"product_id":"where-do-we-live-and-christopher-shinn-9781559362566","title":"Where Do We Live and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology marks the emergence of one of the finest and most innovative new artists writing for the theater today. \"The secret of Shinn's success is in the way he exploits the dramatic gap between what is said and that which is left unsaid . . . writing like this is rare,\" said the \u003ci\u003eLondon Independent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWhere Do We Live\u003c\/i\u003e, the title play, was written shortly after 9\/11 and though never referenced, it still haunts this chronicle of the struggles of several aspiring and gifted young New Yorkers on the Lower East Side. Like all his work, it is a deeply affecting story of how we define our lives and our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coming World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Shinn certainly looks like a shining prospect for the future.\"--\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Nothing is simple emotionally. The play keeps delivering small shocks and aches that end in a standoff, or maybe in that pause between despair, resignation and a twinge of hope. Haunting.\"--Margo Jefferson, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Shinn writes with graceful compassion about people trapped inside their own skins unable to make sense of their lives.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Didn't Happen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . is about the distance between people, and the ways in which even friends, spouses and lovers are ultimately unknowable to one another . . . a playwright to cherish.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Shinn\u003c\/b\u003e's plays have been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Vineyard Theatre in New York and often at London's Royal Court Theatre. \u003ci\u003eWhere Do We Live\u003c\/i\u003e received a 2003 Olivier Award nomination for most promising playwright. His next play, \u003ci\u003eOn the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, premieres in New York City early in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Shinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559362561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.43w x 0.82d","brand":"Christopher Shinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939630088447,"sku":"9781559362566","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_63efea7a-0cdb-4057-8385-bfd401374fdf.jpg?v=1681442612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-do-we-live-and-christopher-shinn-9781559362566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}