{"product_id":"uncle-vanya-by-anton-chekhov-9780413774712","title":"Uncle Vanya","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition. Along with \u003cem\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/em\u003e is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet on a country estate in late nineteenth century Russia, \u003cem\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/em\u003e is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMixing the tragic and the absurd and dealing with a form that allows for ambiguity and contradiction, \u003cem\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/em\u003e has been deemed \"the first modernist play\". (David Lan)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is the element of might-have-been in Chekhov's characters that makes their sense of waste so tragic. I know of no more moving climax in world drama.\" - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDefinitive translation by acclaimed playwright Michael Frayn. Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays. Contains the complete text of the play, the volume includes a chronology of the playwright's life and work, an introduction giving the background to the play, a discussion of various interpretations, and notes on individual words and phrases in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363287810284,"sku":"9780413774712","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8227473482335.jpg?v=1772920003","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/uncle-vanya-by-anton-chekhov-9780413774712","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}