{"product_id":"plenty","title":"Plenty","description":"First performed in 1978, \u003ci\u003ePlenty\u003c\/i\u003e is about British post-war disillusion. Susan Traherne, a former secret agent, is a woman conflicted by the contrast between her past, exciting triumphs -- she had worked behind enemy lines as a Special Operations Executive courier in Nazi -- occupied France during World War II -- and the mundane nature of her present life, as the increasingly depressed wife of a diplomat whose career she has destroyed. Viewing society as morally bankrupt, Susan has become self-absorbed, bored, and destructive -- the slow deterioration in her mental health mirrors the crises in the ruling class of post-war Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Traherne's story is told in a non-linear chronology, alternating between her wartime and post-wartime lives, illustrating how youthful dreams rarely are realized and how a person's personal life can affect the outside world.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0571336132\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780571336135\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hare, David\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Mar 2017)","offer_id":46081167425733,"sku":"9780571336135","price":15.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780571336135.jpg?v=1776043682","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/plenty","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}