{"product_id":"let-me-tell-you-and-let-me-go-on-9781681379258","title":"Let Me Tell You and Let Me Go on","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo novels from the perspective of Hamlet's Ophelia--the first set before the events of the play, the second after--written entirely by remixing and repurposing the character's dialogue from Shakespeare's original text.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So: now I come to speak.\" With this line, Shakespeare's Ophelia starts telling her story. In \u003ci\u003elet me tell you\u003c\/i\u003e, this newly revealed woman uses exactly the same words Shakespeare gave her in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, shifted as in a kaleidoscope to create a very different voice: her own. We hear her personal narrative from childhood to the moments before the start of the play, when she knows she has a fateful decision to make. Along the way, we discover whole new angles on her father, her brother, the prince, and other characters who come out from behind the curtain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003elet me go on\u003c\/i\u003e, her decision made, she refashions herself. Emerging from her old world, she explores a new one, of magical variety yet coherent. As she goes in search of what she may still become, she meets a new cast of characters, some poignant, some hilarious. Paul Griffiths gives this remarkable protagonist--and us--a play-full of humor, poignancy, passion, adventure, and a great many surprises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e is a Welsh writer, librettist, and music critic. A Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, he is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His novel \u003ci\u003eMr. Beethoven\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize. He lives on the Welsh coast.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213324648722,"sku":"9781681379258","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01e50449-d470-4a0a-9f30-f27ff1371d10.jpg?v=1745365464","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/let-me-tell-you-and-let-me-go-on-9781681379258","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}