{"product_id":"after-the-fall-by-arthur-miller-9781350259188","title":"After the Fall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Much like Mr. Miller, Quentin is a witness to alarming public and personal catastrophes: the stock market crash, the Holocaust, the McCarthy witchhunts and the self-destruction of a show business idol to whom he is married.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by past romantic failures, Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual, retreats into his mind as he debates marrying for a third time. As he revisits past loves and losses, his mind and memory fragment under philosophical questions: are our failures really just our own? Or is it possible to hide away from the mistakes of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Miller’s most personal plays, \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/em\u003e takes place almost entirely inside the mind of the play's protagonist, who is often read as a stand-in for the playwright himself. Touching on themes of the Holocaust, McCarthyism, and inherited sin, the play is one of the most discussed within Miller’s canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ramón Espejo-Romero, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with Michael Blakemore, former Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre) as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462579175660,"sku":"9781350259188","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350259188-after-the-fall.jpg?v=1775016694","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/after-the-fall-by-arthur-miller-9781350259188","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}