{"product_id":"homebody-kabul-final-revised-version-paperback","title":"Homebody\/Kabul: Final Revised Version - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Kushner's glorious specialty is in giving theatrical life to internal points of view, in which our thoughts meld with a character's wayward speculations or fantasies... He makes the personal and the universal, the trivial and the cosmic come simultaneously to life in a single character's bewilderment.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An extraordinary play...a deeply felt, expansively ruminative drama.\" -Paul Taylor, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What a feast of a play. No playwright in the English language has a greater passion for language than Kushner. And to this Kushner adds that rare quality in American theater, a yearning to go beyond domestic stories and into the great world of political struggle. Brilliant. It keeps us thinking.\" -Richard Christiansen, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This eerily timely work about Afghanistan is comparably mesmerizing and mournful, vast and intimate, emotionally generous and stylistically fabulist, wildly verbal, politically progressive and scarily well informed.\" -Linda Winer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, has turned his penetrating gaze to the arena of global politics to create this suspenseful portrait of a dangerous collision between cultures. Written before 9\/11, \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in New York in December 2001 and has had highly successful productions in London, Providence, Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles. This version incorporates all the playwright's changes and is now the definitive version of the text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from the play by Pierre Corneille; \u003ci\u003eSlavs \u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Caroline, or Change\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e and for Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar\u003c\/i\u003e, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and \u003ci\u003eWrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.\u003cbr\u003eAmong many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from the play by Pierre Corneille; \u003ci\u003eSlavs!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Caroline, or Change\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e and for Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar\u003c\/i\u003e, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and \u003ci\u003eWrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.\u003cbr\u003eAmong many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.66 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701348143167,"sku":"9781559362399","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0bd57e6e4de6dd5be00dfc9c263595b7.webp?v=1765020310","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/homebody-kabul-final-revised-version-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}