{"product_id":"rockabye-and-other-short-pieces-paperback","title":"Rockabye and Other Short Pieces - 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\u003eSamuel Beckett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRockaby and Other Short Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e brings together four recent works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e. We find in Beckett's masterful, exquisite prose, the familiar themes from his earlier works here expressed in the anguished murmurings of the solitary human consciousness. Published for the first time, \u003cem\u003eRockaby\u003c\/em\u003e is a dramatic monologue of a woman sitting in a rocking chair. Directed by Alan Schneider, \u003cem\u003eRockaby\u003c\/em\u003e was performed at the State University of New York at Buffalo's Beckett Festival in 1981. Also published for the first time, \u003cem\u003eOhio Impromptu\u003c\/em\u003e explores the poignant inter-dependency of its two characters, Reader and Listener, who, in reading and listening to the story of their relationship, buoy each other up, temporarily, against \"terror of the night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOhio Impromptu \u003c\/em\u003epremiered at the Ohio State University at Columbus's 1981 Beckett Festival. \u003cem\u003eAll Strange Away\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting prose work centering around a figure confined in a small rotunda, buried in his\/her \"profounds of mind.\" Written especially for the actor David Warrilow, \u003cem\u003eA Piece of Monologue\u003c\/em\u003e features a white-haired man in a nightgown who, in the terrible solitude of the night, agonizes over remembrances of loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.2 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52521985442099,"sku":"9780802151384","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VkxmZStsdW93M1hWWTloblVQTTBPZz09.webp?v=1760540115","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/rockabye-and-other-short-pieces-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}