{"product_id":"4000-miles-and-after-the-revolution-by-amy-herzog-9781559364225","title":"4000 Miles and After the Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e is a smart, funny, and provocative play. Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favour of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences. - \u003cem\u003eVariety\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA funny, moving new play, \u003cem\u003e4000 Miles\u003c\/em\u003e is a quiet meditation on mortality. But it's hardly a downer: Ms Herzog's altogether wonderful drama also illuminates how companionship can make life meaningful, moment by moment, in death's discomforting shadow. - \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for delicately detailed character studies that subtly balance humour and insight, Amy Herzog is swiftly emerging as a striking new voice in American theatre. \u003cem\u003eAfter the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, an astute and ironic drama about how society appropriates history for its own psychological needs, was heralded by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the Ten Best New Plays of 2010. Herzog's other critical hit, \u003cem\u003e4000 Miles\u003c\/em\u003e, is a quiet rumination on mortality in which twenty-one-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty ninety-one-year-old grandmother Vera in her New York apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Herzog\u003c\/strong\u003e received the 2011 Whiting Writers' Award and the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced or developed at the Yale School of Drama, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Lincoln Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York Stage and Film, Provincetown Playhouse, and ACT in San Francisco. Her newest play, \u003cem\u003eBelleville\u003c\/em\u003e, premiered at Yale Rep in autumn 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470024229100,"sku":"9781559364225","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781559364225-4000-miles-and-after-the-revolution.jpg?v=1775206509","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/4000-miles-and-after-the-revolution-by-amy-herzog-9781559364225","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}