{"product_id":"9780822214212","title":"Fragments","description":"Several people sit together reading proverbs aloud to each other. From these proverbs are prompted stories of each one's past, or musings surrounding life-long mysteries. Each tries to tell about some incident which they hope will illuminate their own being; hoping the others will understand who they are. Each story flows to the next, with a musical quality to the randomness. Albee explains it this way: \"FRAGMENTS lacks plot in any established sense; there is no clear dilemma and resolution—no 'story,' no apparent sequentially. The piece proceeds as a piece of music does—accumulating, accumulating, following its own logic. Its effectiveness, its coherence reside in what we have experienced from the totality of it. FRAGMENTS is also a very simple, straightforward piece—on its own terms, of course.\"  ","brand":"Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016861729008,"sku":"9780822214212","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822214212_p0.jpg?v=1763751375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822214212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}