{"product_id":"desdemona","title":"Desdemona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work.' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRipped from the world by her husband's paranoia, Desdemona turns in death towards the memory of Barbary, the North African maid who raised her: together, they explore the contours of death, race, war, love and motherhood, in a moving elegy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudacious with ambition, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona\u003c\/i\u003e is Toni Morrison's intimate reimagining of the fourth act of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, mixing monologue with Rokia Traore's lyrical songs to re-examine the Bard's presentation of race and female suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart-play, part-concert, part-quest into the afterlife, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona is\u003c\/i\u003e published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Joyce Green MacDonald.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1350428981\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781350428980\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Morrison, Toni\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jun 2024)","offer_id":46081315176645,"sku":"9781350428980","price":12.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781350428980.jpg?v=1776044930","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/desdemona","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}