{"product_id":"9781770561182","title":"Isolated: Two Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsolated\u003c\/em\u003e brings together two inventive, disturbing plays by one of Canada’s most intriguing dramatic voices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRecovery\u003c\/em\u003e, people around the world are addicted to a mysterious substance. Large recovery centres are set up, promising refuge, treatment and healing to millions of addicts. But all is not what it seems. Following three residents of a facility in Antarctica, \u003cem\u003eRecovery\u003c\/em\u003e McArthur delivers a quirky and unsettling play that reveals the fear and isolation of the oppressed individual, and the consequences of a medicalized society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGet Away\u003c\/em\u003e, David finds two beautiful teenagers when he escapes to an isolated cabin where he hopes to cure his unusually persistent listlessness. Sensing that they might need protecting - and may be crucial to his survival - he invites them in, but the roles of predator and prey become unclear as the three become dangerously intertwined. Both fantastical and horrifying, \u003cem\u003eGet Away\u003c\/em\u003e provides a resonating look at the destructive nature of longing and our desperate need for love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘[MacArthur] has a beautiful voice and his analysis of the unpredictability of our sexuality, at once nurturing and predatory, is shrewd.’ – \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e (about \u003cem\u003eGet Away\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177803071728,"sku":"9781770561182","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770561182_p0.jpg?v=1763706750","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770561182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}