{"product_id":"dogeaters-a-play-about-the-philippines-9781559362153","title":"Dogeaters: A Play about the Philippines","description":"\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, \"Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hagedorn \u003c\/b\u003eis a performance artist, poet, novelist and playwright, born and raised in the Philippines. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eDogeaters \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin 1990) which was nominated for a National Book Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster of Love \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin 1996); a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eDanger and Beauty \u003c\/i\u003e(City Lights 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420121534738,"sku":"9781559362153","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c78c41d-6ee4-4583-9e30-c35d1a68d7d8.jpg?v=1729490251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dogeaters-a-play-about-the-philippines-9781559362153","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}