{"product_id":"the-roman-spring-of-mrs-stone-9780811221450","title":"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone\u003c\/em\u003e is vintage Tennessee Williams. Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as \"splendidly written, precise, short, complete, and fine.\" It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow recently a famous stage beauty, but now \"drifting.\" The novel opens soon after her husband's death and her retirement from the theatre, as Mrs. Stone tries to adjust to her aimless new life in Rome. She is adjusting, too, to aging. (\"The knowledge that her beauty was lost had come upon her recently and it was still occasionally forgotten.\") With poignant wit and his own particular brand of relish, Williams charts her drift into an affair with a cruel young gigolo: \"As compelling, as fascinating, and as technically skillful as his play\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Tennessee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCamino Real, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566323667218,"sku":"9780811221450","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_868dad32-e1a5-4c4e-b431-3312c9c0743f.jpg?v=1731894565","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-roman-spring-of-mrs-stone-9780811221450","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}