{"product_id":"9780987153241","title":"The Comedienne","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Comédienne draws on Nobel Prize winner, Wladyslav Reymont's, own experiences as an actor in a struggling provincial theatre at the fin de siecle, at time of massive social upheaval in Europe. Reymont depicts, in a slow burning tragedy, a young provincial Janina, the comédienne of the title, who joins a Warsaw theatre company and struggles toward what was then a very modern notion of personal freedom. A 'Comédienne' also played drama and tragedy and the word in Polish had some connotation of a deceiver. As such, the title in Reymont's day would have implied a somewhat darker novel that we might unwittingly expect today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been completely re-edited and includes over 500 amendments, corrections and new translations to the orignal text. The introduction by Marianna Rychlowska includes;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiographical details of the author\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical context of the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLiterary notes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical review of early theatre in Poland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheatre reportage by Henryk Sienkiewicz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese unique insights provide the contemporary reader with much of the commonly understood historical context that was assumed of the original audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skomlin Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49952640762096,"sku":"9780987153241","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987153241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}