{"product_id":"9781559366083","title":"Beauty of the Father","description":"\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eBeauty of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e one of the American theater’s most promising voices rings true and strong.”—Lynn Jacobson, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cruz conducts arias with his pen. He is a writer of ideas, who fills the stage with a kind of lush dramatic literature . . . \u003ci\u003eBeauty of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e brings to mind the playwright Maria Irene Fornes. Like his artistic forebear, Cruz recognizes the magic in the everyday. And he has found an astonishing language with which to describe it.”—Hilton Als, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his latest play, Nilo Cruz asks: What will we sacrifice in the name of love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman named Marina reunites with her father Emiliano in his artistic home, populated by his worldly wise female companion Paquita and the irresistible young Moroccan Karim, whom father and daughter both fall for. Set in the south of Spain, \u003ci\u003eBeauty of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e invokes the ghost of Federico García Lorca, both with its lyrical language and as a character in a white linen suit who appears to Emiliano as he paints. The play’s rhythms are infused with the spirit of the Andalusians—a people who sing their sorrows in the \u003ci\u003ecante jondo\u003c\/i\u003e—as Cruz once again creates poetry to the tune of unrequited love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNilo Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics.\u003c\/i\u003e Other works include \u003ci\u003eTwo Sisters and a Piano, Lorca in a Green Dress, Night Train to Bolina, A Bicycle Country,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancing on Her Knees.\u003c\/i\u003e He is one of this country’s most produced Cuban American writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170821751024,"sku":"9781559366083","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559366083_p0.jpg?v=1763755823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559366083","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}