{"product_id":"six-plays-by-luigi-pirandello-9780714548494","title":"Six Plays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection of plays by Luigi Pirandello contains some of his best-known works, such as \u003cem\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/em\u003e – an absurdist piece in which the characters, actors, and Pirandello himself interact during the rehearsal of a fictional play within the play – and \u003cem\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/em\u003e – a tragicomic tale of a man who falls from a horse and believes himself to be the eponymous Holy Roman Emperor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreoccupied with the nature of truth and delusion, and treading dangerously on the borderline between sanity and madness, Pirandello’s plays are a daring exploration of human actions and the dark motives lying behind them, and the culmination of the naturalistic school of theatre inaugurated by authors such as Ibsen and Chekhov.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427849617644,"sku":"9780714548494","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780714548494.jpg?v=1774767270","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/six-plays-by-luigi-pirandello-9780714548494","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}