{"product_id":"bliss","title":"Fraser Grace: Bliss (Modern Plays) [2022] paperback","description":"\u003ci\u003eIt's good to see you're alive. Good to know not all the ghosts in the streets are enemies...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1921. Russia. Winter. When Nikita returns home from the brutal civil war, he attempts to start a new life with his drunken father Mikhail and his new wife Lyuba, the feisty young girl he remembers from his school days. When Nikita fails to consummate his marriage - all the while aware that he is being haunted by a mysterious figure - escape is the only solution he can find. He finally emerges in a new town further along the Potudan River, only to be accused of an ambiguous crime against the Soviet State...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a short story by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov (1899-1951), \u003ci\u003eBliss \u003c\/i\u003eis a kaleidoscope of hopes, dreams and realities, as the survivors of years of devastating war and political revolution search for their 'bliss' in post-war Soviet Russia. They quickly learn that a society needs time to recover from catastrophe, and that the future is only built by those who manage to accept their past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eBliss\u003c\/i\u003e was published alongside the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London in May 2022.","brand":"Grace, Mr Fraser","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42800486514873,"sku":"9781350346239","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/grace-mr-fraser-bliss-9781350346239-33582189969593.jpg?v=1662573049","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/bliss","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}