{"product_id":"9780993252969","title":"Short Stories: Dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Kazakhstan Independence","description":"His play ‘The Transit Passenger’ was presented successfully to the British audience in London, 2014 and 2015     I had the great opportunity to go to Kazakhstan for the first time last September.  We were there to participate in the Festival of languages in Astana, where I had the privilege to meet Dulat Issabekov  When I was told that we were to see his play, ‘The Transit Passenger’, three days in a row I thought this may be a test of endurance! The first evening we saw the play in English, the second evening in Russian and the third evening in Kazakh. However, instead of being a test of endurance it was actually a wonderful experience to understand the impact of different languages and different cultures on the same play. Each evening we had the opportunity to witness a uniquely individual interpretation of this wonderful play.  ‘The Transit Passenger’ is a play about life, about growing older, and it is a play about the anxiety of being left alone with your memories. By the time when I saw the play in the original Kazakh language, beautifully acted - even though I didn’t understand a word of Kazakh - I had tears in my eyes…","brand":"Aitmatov Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120799596784,"sku":"9780993252969","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780993252969_p0.jpg?v=1763898926","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780993252969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}