{"product_id":"shoppers-two-plays-by-denis-johnson-paperback","title":"Shoppers: Two Plays by Denis Johnson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenis Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perfection is not the basis of what I'm talking about,\" says a member of the Cassandra family, which forms the center of Denis Johnson's plays, \u003cem\u003eHellhound on My Trail and Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames\u003c\/em\u003e. The character could be speaking for his creator, because human imperfection is one of Denis Johnson's specialties -- in his critically acclaimed novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and, now, in two brilliant new plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two works present a dramatized field guide to some of the more dysfunctional and dysphoric inhabitants of the American West: a sexual-misconduct investigator who misconducts herself sexually; a renegade Jehovah's Witness who supports his splinter Jehovean group by dealing drugs; the Cassandra Brothers and their father and their grandmother, thrown together at a family reunion\/wedding\/melee at their shabby homestead in Ukiah, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eShoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames \u003c\/em\u003ewas performed in San Francisco in 2001, the \u003cem\u003eChronicle \u003c\/em\u003esaid, \"There's an enormous appeal in Johnson's bleak-comic vision of a semi-mythic American West.\" That appeal derives from the author's perfect vision of imperfection, embodied with such energy and courage in these marvelous pieces of theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfection is not the basis of what I'm talking about, says a member of the Cassandra family, which forms the center of Denis Johnson's plays, \u003cem\u003eHellhound on My Trail\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames\u003c\/em\u003e.The character could be speaking for his creator, because human imperfection is one of Denis Johnson's specialties -- in his critically acclaimed novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and, now, in two brilliant new plays. \u003c\/p\u003eThese two works present a dramatized field guide to some of the more dysfunctional and dysphoric inhabitants of the American West: a sexual-misconduct investigator who misconducts herself sexually; a renegade Jehovah's Witness who supports his splinter Jehovean group by dealing drugs; the Cassandra Brothers and their father and their grandmother, thrown together at a family reunion\/wedding\/melee at their shabby homestead in Ukiah, California.When \u003cem\u003eShoppers Carried by Escalators\u003c\/em\u003e Into the Flames was performed in San Francisco in 2001, the \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e said, \u003cem\u003eThere's an enormous appeal in Johnson's bleak-comic vision of a semi-mythic American West\u003c\/em\u003e. That appeal derives from the author's perfect vision of imperfection, embodied with such energy and courage in these marvelous pieces of theatre.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724772380735,"sku":"9780060934408","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/62ef6d7cc84863916582686860a1ff9b_623c3e09-0422-4baa-bc48-bfb89b949b2e.webp?v=1765103868","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/shoppers-two-plays-by-denis-johnson-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}