{"product_id":"desdemona-by-toni-morrison-9781350428980","title":"Desdemona","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAudacious with ambition, \u003cem\u003eDesdemona\u003c\/em\u003e is Toni Morrison's intimate reimagining of the fourth act of Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e, mixing monologue with Rokia Traore's lyrical songs to re-examine the Bard's presentation of race and female suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart-play, part-concert, part-quest into the afterlife, \u003cem\u003eDesdemona\u003c\/em\u003e is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Joyce Green MacDonald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430567592172,"sku":"9781350428980","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350428980.jpg?v=1774559057","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/desdemona-by-toni-morrison-9781350428980","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}