{"product_id":"ruined-tcg-edition-paperback","title":"Ruined (TCG Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynn Nottage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intense and gripping new drama . . . the kind of new play we desperately need: well-informed and unafraid of the world's brutalities.\"--\u003cb\u003eDavid Cote, \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rain forest bar and brothel in the brutally war-torn Congo is the setting for Lynn Nottage's extraordinary play, \u003ci\u003eRuined\u003c\/i\u003e. The establishment's shrewd matriarch, Mama Nadi, keeps peace between customers from both sides of the civil war, as government soldiers and rebel forces alike choose from her inventory of women, many already \"ruined\" by rape and torture when they were pressed into prostitution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by interviews she conducted in Africa with Congolese refugees, Nottage has crafted an engrossing story with humor and song served alongside its postcolonial and feminist politics in the rich theatrical tradition of Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Nottage's\u003c\/b\u003e plays include \u003ci\u003eClyde's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMlima's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrumbs from the Table of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFabulation \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded the Francesca Primus Prize and the American Theatre Critics\/Steinberg New Play Award in 2004. Her plays have been produced at theatres throughout the country, with Clyde's in the top 10 list of most-produced plays for the last two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52613983076634,"sku":"9781559363556","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/cd3g2Rs18M9781559363556.webp?v=1785422253","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/ruined-tcg-edition-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}