{"product_id":"land-of-volcanic-ash-a-play-in-two-parts-paperback","title":"Land of Volcanic Ash: A Play in Two Parts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSakae Kubo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid G. Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid G. Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKubo Sakae's Land of Volcanic Ash (Kazanbaichi) is recognized as the major socialist realist drama of pre-war Japan. The play, which describes the struggles of a reform-minded intellectual in the Hokkaido countryside, is based on events surrounding the famine of 1934. It has been described \"not only as Kubo Sakae's most representative work, but as the finest realist drama of the pre-war period.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Goodman (1946-2011) is the translator of \u003ci\u003eAfter Apocalypse: Four Japanese Plays of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eFive Plays\u003c\/i\u003e by Kishida Kunio; and author of Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s. He was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.9 x 8.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53193111765299,"sku":"9780939657834","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PRcIlkSrm_9780939657834.webp?v=1775109054","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/land-of-volcanic-ash-a-play-in-two-parts-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}