{"product_id":"uncle-vanya-paperback-5","title":"Uncle Vanya - 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\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simply, plainly wonderful.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e is a sparkling restoration of a masterpiece of the modern stage, marked by Mamet's finely tuned ear for dialogue and memorable poetic imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, a retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left by his deceased first wife to find themselves overwhelmed by the stagnant inevitability of the rituals of their life and class, and mercilessly taxed by the encroachment of age at the expense of youth. All of the play's characters are plunged into that precarious state where, in Beckett's words, \"the boredom of living is replaced by the suffering of being.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking from a literal translation by Vlada Chernomordik, Mamet, who has also adapted Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e, opens the way for a contemporary audience to establish immediate contact with a classic, infusing the power of Chekhov's play with the potent precision of his own modern voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Uncle Vanya, a retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left by his deceased first wife to find themselves overwhelmed by the stagnant inevitability of the rituals of their life and class and mercilessly taxed by the encroachment of age at the expense of youth. All of the play's characters are plunged into that precarious state where, in Beckett's words, 'the boredom of living is replaced by the suffering of being.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e (1860-1904) is known both as a playwright and a master of the modern short story. His plays, including \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e, are among the most widely performed in the world. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 44, but didn't achieve American recognition until twenty years after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the plays \u003ci\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/i\u003e (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eOleanna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Life in the Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeed-the-Plow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdmond\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLakeboat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Engine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSexual Perversity in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cryptogram\u003c\/i\u003e (1995 Obie Award), and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53224440463667,"sku":"9780802131515","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IAA9oW8GXs9780802131515.webp?v=1783164754","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/uncle-vanya-paperback-5","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}