{"title":"Tony Kushner","description":"\u003cp\u003eTony Kushner's works delve into complex social and historical themes, blending powerful storytelling with sharp political insight. Readers can expect intimate explorations of identity, memory, and the human experience, often framed within pivotal moments in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom dramatic masterpieces like \u003cem\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/em\u003e to reflective works such as \u003cem\u003eRemembering Refugees\u003c\/em\u003e, Kushner's writing challenges and engages with pressing cultural and humanitarian issues, making his collection essential for those interested in \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"remembering-refugees-by-tony-kushner-9780719068836","title":"Remembering Refugees","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefugee crises are one of the gravest problems facing the modern world. This book explores the paradox of why countries such as Britain pride themselves on their past treatment of refugees yet are suspicious and hostile towards asylum seekers trying to gain entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt explores the contemporary treatment and representation of refugees ranging from the Huguenots in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries through to the many groups that have gained entry more recently. Was the treatment of refugees, such as Jews escaping Tsarist and later Nazi persecution, as welcoming as politicians and others now make out?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy have some groups been remembered positively, whilst others have been forgotten? \u003cem\u003eRemembering Refugees\u003c\/em\u003e pays particular attention to how historians and those in the heritage industry have dealt with the refugee presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy adopting an original and critical framework, it asks why a variety of academic disciplines, as well as politicians, the media, and the general public, have difficulty with refugees. A richly textured book that utilizes a huge range of sources from parliamentary debates through to novels, films, and autobiographical writing, it argues that the current panic about refugees and asylum seekers says more about the moral failings of contemporary society than it does about those fleeing persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849934098668,"sku":"9780719068836","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27903393482443.jpg?v=1759063306"},{"product_id":"angels-in-america-a-gay-fantasia-on-national-themes-by-tony-kushner-9781559363846","title":"Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes\u003c\/i\u003e includes \u003ci\u003ePart One, Millennium Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePart Two, Perestroika\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Glorious. A monumental, subversive, altogether remarkable masterwork... Details of specific catastrophes may have changed since this Reagan-era AIDS epic won the Pulitzer and the Tony, but the real cosmic and human obsessions—power, religion, sex, responsibility, the future of the world—are as perilous, yet as falling-down funny, as ever.\" - Linda Winer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A vast, miraculous play... provocative, witty and deeply upsetting... a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama.\" - Frank Rich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A victory for theatre, for the transforming power of the imagination to turn devastation into beauty.\" - John Lahr, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An enormously impressive work of the imagination and intellect, a towering example of what theatre stretched to its full potential can achieve.\" - \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e is the finest drama of our time, speaking to us of an entire era of life and death as no other play within memory. It ranks as nothing less than one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.\" - John Heilpern, \u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Some playwrights want to change the world. Some want to revolutionise theatre. Tony Kushner is that rarity of rarities: a writer who has the promise to do both.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of Tony Kushner's masterpiece is published with the author's recent changes and a new introduction in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its original production. One of the most honoured American plays in history, \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded two Tony Awards for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO film directed by Mike Nichols. This two-part epic, subtitled \"A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,\" has received hundreds of performances worldwide in more than twenty-six languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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 Cornelle; \u003ci\u003eSlavs!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCaroline, 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\u003eThe Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBrundibar\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong many honours, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423778357484,"sku":"9781559363846","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/713yE3HUxaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774430143"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tony-kushner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}