{"product_id":"fosse-plays-one-by-jon-fosse-9781350514331","title":"Fosse: Plays One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFosse: Plays One\u003c\/em\u003e includes the plays \u003cstrong\u003eSomeone is Going to Come\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Guitar Man\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Name\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Child\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eSomeone is Going to Come\u003c\/strong\u003e, the two of them want to be together, just the two of them, so they leave the city and buy a remote house by the sea. But is it possible to do what they want to do? Won't somebody come? Surely someone will come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guitar Man\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poignant monologue in which a busker sings songs to an audience that is always on the move, always passing him by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Name\u003c\/strong\u003e (winner of the Ibsen Prize in Norway) tells the story of an estranged family forced to live under one roof. When a pregnant girl and the father of the child have nowhere to live, they move into her parents' house. But the parents have never met the father-to-be, and don't yet know about the pregnancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eThe Child\u003c\/strong\u003e, a man and a woman find each other in a bus stop on a rainy night. They hold each other close. They rent an old house out of town. The woman becomes pregnant. But the child is too small to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these four varied plays, Jon Fosse's unique linguistic style, at once poetic and naturalistic, magnifies the love and pain of ordinary people seeking to live their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCast sizes: 3, 6, 1, 6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470642659564,"sku":"9781350514331","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350514331-fosse-plays-one.jpg?v=1775223490","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fosse-plays-one-by-jon-fosse-9781350514331","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}