{"product_id":"gnit-paperback","title":"Gnit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Eno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The marvel of Mr. Eno's new version is how closely it tracks the original while also being, at every moment and unmistakably, a Will Eno play. After climbing the craggy peaks of Ibsen's daunting play, Mr. Eno has brought down from its dizzying heights a surprising crowd-pleasing (if still strange) work.\" -- Charles Isherwood, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGnit\u003c\/i\u003e is classic Will Eno. By that I mean I was thrilled by it.\" -- Kris Vire, \u003ci\u003eTimeOut Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If ever a play made me want to be a better person, this is it.\" -- Bob Fischbach, \u003ci\u003eOmaha World-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Gnit, a funny enough, but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions on the search for his True Self. This is a rollicking yet cautionary tale about (among other things) how the opposite of love is laziness. \u003ci\u003eGnit\u003c\/i\u003e is a faithful, unfaithful and willfully American misreading of Henrik Ibsen's \u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt\u003c\/i\u003e (a nineteenth-century Norwegian play), written by Will Eno, who has never been to Norway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Eno\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Open House\u003c\/i\u003e (Signature Theatre, New York, 2014; Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play) and \u003ci\u003eThe Realistic Joneses\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, 2012; Broadway, 2014). His play \u003ci\u003eMiddletown\u003c\/i\u003e received the Horton Foote Prize and \u003ci\u003eThom Pain (based on nothing)\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Eno lives Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Eno's plays include \u003ci\u003eTitle and Deed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Realistic Joneses\u003c\/i\u003e (both listed in the New York Times's Best Plays of 2012), \u003ci\u003eMiddletown\u003c\/i\u003e (Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play), \u003ci\u003eThom Pain (based on nothing)\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist) and \u003ci\u003eThe Flu Season\u003c\/i\u003e (Oppenheimer Award). His other awards include the PEN\/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theatre Award and the first-ever Marian Seldes\/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695624228927,"sku":"9781559364775","price":16.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4b366dc17b5300e80fbd3fee29e98e78.webp?v=1765004471","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/gnit-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}