{"product_id":"desdemona-9781350428980","title":"Desdemona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work.' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudacious with ambition, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona\u003c\/i\u003e is Toni Morrison's intimate reimagining of the fourth act of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, mixing monologue with Rokia Traore's lyrical songs to re-examine the Bard's presentation of race and female suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart-play, part-concert, part-quest into the afterlife, \u003ci\u003eDesdemona is\u003c\/i\u003e published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Joyce Green MacDonald.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e was a Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, editor and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language and richly detailed African American characters who are central to their narratives. Among her best-known novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e. Morrison earned a plethora of book-world accolades and honorary degrees, also receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50500902125842,"sku":"9781350428980","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d1b05d6-f51d-4e35-841e-dc28b0f9aba3.jpg?v=1730757500","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/desdemona-9781350428980","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}